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World Finance
April 13, 2018
Altogether, more than $7bn in 'accounting errors' were found to have greatly inflated the company's assets. Worldcom's former chief executive Bernard Ebbers was subsequently sentenced to 25 years in prison for his part in the scandal and has since been dubbed one of the most corrupt CEOs of all time.
Detroit Free Press
December 28, 2017
TODAY'S TOP STORIES Today in History for March 15th | 1:28. Highlights of Today in History: Julius Caesar assassinated in Rome; Johnson urges passage of Voting Rights Act; Worldcom CEO Bernard Ebbers convicted of fraud; Elizabeth Taylor marries Richard Burton; "My Fair Lady" debuts on BroadwayÃÂ ...
Law360
December 21, 2017
In his time at the SEC, Hodgkins worked on its case against WorldCom, which was rocked by an accounting scandal in the early 2000s, and cases against its former CEO Bernard Ebbers, chief financial officer Scott Sullivan and controller David Meyers. He worked a variety of cases involving disclosure andÃÂ ...
Capital.com
December 4, 2017
Bernard Ebbers. Bernard Ebbers was the co-founder and chief executive of WorldCom, a US-based telecommunications company that was forced to file for bankruptcy protection in 2002. Like Enron, WorldCom instigated a huge accounting fraud. Operating expenses were classified as investments, with theÃÂ ...
Fox Business
May 26, 2017
Mr. Peikin participated in the prosecution of WorldCom Inc. Chief Executive Bernard Ebbers, who was convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison, according to a disclosure in a 2005 New York Law Journal article that he wrote. "He has a lot of experience and encyclopedic knowledge of the securitiesÃÂ ...
Fortune
February 16, 2016
Kozlowski was considered one of the most notorious examples of corporate greed and accounting fraud in an era that locked up many CEOs, including WorldCom founder and chief executive Bernard Ebbers, Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling and Adelphi Communications' father-and-son executive team of JohnÃÂ ...
TIME
January 14, 2010
Note to aspiring CEOs: If your company is staggering under massive debt, don't orchestrate an $11 billion accounting fraud to try to cover it up. It doesn't' work. Bernie Ebbers turned WorldCom into the nation's second largest long distance telecommunications company through a series of rapid acquisitions that left it heavilyÃÂ ...
CNNMoney.com
July 15, 2005
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Ex-WorldCom chief executive Bernard Ebbers was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison for his role in orchestrating the biggest corporate fraud in the nation's history. Legal experts said the sentence, effectively a life term for the 63-year-old, appears to be the longest everÃÂ ...
New York Times
July 15, 2005
"If Bernard Ebbers had been sentenced to 10 years in jail, corporate executives would be just as scared of committing fraud," he said. "I'm not sure that there's a substantial deterrent effect to a sentence that large." Before she imposed Mr. Ebbers's sentence, Judge Jones allowed remarks from a formerÃÂ ...
CNN
July 2, 2005
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers, facing life in prison for his role in an $11 billion accounting scandal at the former telecommunications giant, has agreed to give up most of his assets and to pay $5 million in cash to investors burned by the largest U.S. bankruptcy inÃÂ ...
WEEI.com
December 31, 1999
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Law360
December 21, 2017
In his time at the SEC, Hodgkins worked on its case against WorldCom, which was rocked by an accounting scandal in the early 2000s, and cases against its former CEO Bernard Ebbers, chief financial officer Scott Sullivan and controller David Meyers. He worked a variety of cases involving disclosure andÃÂ ...
Fox Business
May 26, 2017
Mr. Peikin participated in the prosecution of WorldCom Inc. Chief Executive Bernard Ebbers, who was convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison, according to a disclosure in a 2005 New York Law Journal article that he wrote. "He has a lot of experience and encyclopedic knowledge of the securitiesÃÂ ...
Fox Business
May 26, 2017
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Omaha World-Herald
March 11, 2017
WorldCom filed for bankruptcy in 2002 after an improper auditing scandal that resulted in former CEO Bernard Ebbers being sentenced to 25 years in prison. Scott and Crowe were not implicated in the WorldCom case. Although Level 3 moved its headquarters to Broomfield, Colorado, in 1998 to attractÃÂ ...
Fortune
February 16, 2016
Kozlowski was considered one of the most notorious examples of corporate greed and accounting fraud in an era that locked up many CEOs, including WorldCom founder and chief executive Bernard Ebbers, Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling and Adelphi Communications' father-and-son executive team of JohnÃÂ ...
TIME
January 14, 2010
Note to aspiring CEOs: If your company is staggering under massive debt, don't orchestrate an $11 billion accounting fraud to try to cover it up. It doesn't' work. Bernie Ebbers turned WorldCom into the nation's second largest long distance telecommunications company through a series of rapid acquisitions that left it heavilyÃÂ ...
New York Times
July 15, 2005
"If Bernard Ebbers had been sentenced to 10 years in jail, corporate executives would be just as scared of committing fraud," he said. "I'm not sure that there's a substantial deterrent effect to a sentence that large." Before she imposed Mr. Ebbers's sentence, Judge Jones allowed remarks from a formerÃÂ ...
CNNMoney.com
July 15, 2005
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Ex-WorldCom chief executive Bernard Ebbers was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison for his role in orchestrating the biggest corporate fraud in the nation's history. Legal experts said the sentence, effectively a life term for the 63-year-old, appears to be the longest everÃÂ ...
CNN
July 2, 2005
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers, facing life in prison for his role in an $11 billion accounting scandal at the former telecommunications giant, has agreed to give up most of his assets and to pay $5 million in cash to investors burned by the largest U.S. bankruptcy inÃÂ ...
GhanaWeb
August 18, 2017
Again, 63-year-old Bernard Ebbers, the co-founder, former chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of WorldCom was sentenced to 25 years ...
GhanaWeb
August 18, 2017
Again, 63-year-old Bernard Ebbers, the co-founder, former chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of WorldCom was sentenced to 25 years ...
Fox Business
May 26, 2017
Mr. Peikin participated in the prosecution of WorldCom Inc. Chief Executive Bernard Ebbers, who was convicted and sentenced to 25 years in ...
Omaha World-Herald
March 11, 2017
WorldCom filed for bankruptcy in 2002 after an improper auditing scandal that resulted in former CEO Bernard Ebbers being sentenced to 25Â ...
Sacramento Bee
December 12, 2016
... up with a 14-year sentence, or former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers, who was sentenced to 25 years after an $11 billion loss to investors.
Omaha World-Herald
September 6, 2016
He raised questions about the board's authority to pay more than $50 million in bonuses and stock options to Chief Executive Bernard Ebbers ...
Quartz
July 2, 2016
In the aftermath of the Enron collapse, accountants were being sent to jail for years while leaders like Worldcom chief Bernard Ebbers were being sent away for decades. The federal guidelines in a big public company fraud case could reach life without parole, a sentence most states reserve for murder.
Fortune
February 16, 2016
... including WorldCom founder and chief executive Bernard Ebbers, Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling and Adelphi Communications' father-and-son ...
TIME
January 14, 2010
Note to aspiring CEOs: If your company is staggering under massive debt, don't orchestrate an $11 billion accounting fraud to try to cover it up. It doesn't' work.
CNNMoney.com
July 15, 2005
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Ex-WorldCom chief executive Bernard Ebbers was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison for his role in ...
Lewiston Sun Journal
December 31, 1999
Weingarten also represented former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers, who was sentenced in July to 25 years in prison for orchestrating the $11Â ...
Troy Media
September 1, 2017
... Warnaco; Gary Winnick, Global Crossing; WorldCom's Bernard Ebbers; and L. Dennis Kozlowski of Tyco International, to name a few.
Independent Online
August 26, 2017
... an abundant menu: former Tyco International chief executive Dennis Kozlowski and WorldCom founder Bernard Ebbers are behind bars.
GhanaWeb
August 20, 2017
Again, 63 year old Bernard Ebbers, the co-founder, former chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of WorldCom was sentenced to 25 yearsÃÂ ...
GhanaWeb
August 19, 2017
Again, 63-year-old Bernard Ebbers, the co-founder, former chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of WorldCom was sentenced to 25 yearsÃÂ ...
Independent Online
August 15, 2017
Junk bond baron Michael Milken wants forgiveness, former WorldCom chief Bernard Ebbers a shorter prison term. More than 2 000ÃÂ ...
Center for Research on Globalization
July 28, 2017
... music as were the Ponzi scheme criminals like Bernie Madoff, Enron's Ken Lay, Worldcom's Bernard Ebbers, HealthSouth's Richard Scrushy,ÃÂ ...
The Cheat Sheet
June 22, 2017
No one likes to get scammed. But who hasn't been swayed by a fast-talking salesman or succumbed to a can't-miss deal that turned out to beÃÂ ...
Fox Business
May 26, 2017
Mr. Peikin participated in the prosecution of WorldCom Inc. Chief Executive Bernard Ebbers, who was convicted and sentenced to 25 years inÃÂ ...
Omaha World-Herald
March 11, 2017
WorldCom filed for bankruptcy in 2002 after an improper auditing scandal that resulted in former CEO Bernard Ebbers being sentenced to 25ÃÂ ...
The American Lawyer
January 23, 2017
Under Kelley's watch, the office also secured the 2005 guilty verdict of charges against former WorldCom Inc. CEO Bernard Ebbers over hisÃÂ ...
Sacramento Bee
December 12, 2016
... up with a 14-year sentence, or former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers, who was sentenced to 25 years after an $11 billion loss to investors.
The Economist
October 27, 2016
Those at the heart of two big corporate scandals in 2001 and 2002 received harsh treatment: Bernard Ebbers, WorldCom's chief executive wasÃÂ ...
Omaha World-Herald
September 6, 2016
He raised questions about the board's authority to pay more than $50 million in bonuses and stock options to Chief Executive Bernard EbbersÃÂ ...
Fortune
February 16, 2016
... including WorldCom founder and chief executive Bernard Ebbers, Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling and Adelphi Communications' father-and-sonÃÂ ...
TIME
January 14, 2010
Note to aspiring CEOs: If your company is staggering under massive debt, don't orchestrate an $11 billion accounting fraud to try to cover it up. It doesn't' work.
New York Times
July 15, 2005
"The problem is that Bernard Ebbers was transformed into a symbol of corporate corruption," Mr. Weingarten told reporters outside theÃÂ ...
CNNMoney.com
July 15, 2005
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Ex-WorldCom chief executive Bernard Ebbers was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison for his role inÃÂ ...
Arizona Daily Sun
March 15, 2017
Highlights of Today in History: Julius Caesar assassinated in Rome; Johnson urges passage of Voting Rights Act; Worldcom CEO Bernard Ebbers convicted of fraud; Elizabeth Taylor marries Richard Burton; "My Fair Lady" debuts on Broadway. (March 15).
La Crosse Tribune
March 15, 2017
Highlights of Today in History: Julius Caesar assassinated in Rome; Johnson urges passage of Voting Rights Act; Worldcom CEO Bernard Ebbers convicted of fraud; Elizabeth Taylor marries Richard Burton; "My Fair Lady" debuts on Broadway. (March 15).
