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Scott Sullivan (entered a guilty plea on March 2, 2004, to one count each of securities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, and filing false statements), former controller David Myers (pleaded guilty to securities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, and filing false statements on September 27, 2002), former accounting director Buford Yates (pleaded guilty to conspiracy and fraud charges on October 7, 2002), and former accounting managers Betty Vinson and Troy Normand (both pleading guilty to conspiracy and securities fraud on October 10, 2002).
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worked together, often at night and secretly, to investigate and reveal what was ultimately discovered to be $ 3.8 billion worth of fraudulent entries in WorldCom's books. The investigation was triggered by suspicious balance sheet entries discovered during a routine capital expenditure audit. Cooper
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and MCI WorldCom announced a $ 129 billion merger. Had the deal been completed, it would have been the largest corporate merger in history. The merged company would have surpassed AT&T as the largest communications company in the United States. However, the deal floundered due to opposition from
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were already looking into the matter as well. The SEC launched a formal inquiry into these matters on June 26, 2002. The SEC was already investigating WorldCom for questionable accounting practices. By the end of 2003, it was estimated that the company's total assets had been inflated by about $ 11
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Even before then, however, employees from the MCI side of the merger had taken over top executive posts, while many longtime executives from the old WorldCom were pushed out. In late 2002, the company began moving most of its operations to its campus in Ashburn, which had opened in 2000. Capellas,
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was found guilty of all charges and convicted of fraud, conspiracy and filing false documents with regulators—all related to the $ 11 billion accounting scandal. Other former WorldCom officials charged with criminal penalties in relation to the company's financial misstatements include former CFO
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bankruptcy proceedings, which were the second-largest bankruptcy case resulting from one of the largest corporate fraud scandals. None of the criminal proceedings against WorldCom and its officers and agents were originated by referral from Gonzalez or the Department of Justice lawyers. By the
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It had yet to pay many of its creditors, who had waited for two years for a portion of the money owed. Many of the small creditors included former employees, primarily those who were dismissed during June 2002 and whose severance and benefits were withheld when WorldCom filed for bankruptcy.
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Other acquisitions included: Metromedia Communication Corp. and Resurgens Communications Group in 1993, IDB Communications Group, Inc (1994), Williams Technology Group, Inc. (1995), and MFS Communications Company (1996), and MCI in 1998. The acquisition of MFS included
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for instance, spent most of his time in Northern Virginia. After the name change, one executive from the old MCI said, "We're taking our company back." Another wrote in an email, "My company was not founded in a motel coffee shop."
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On November 4, 1997, WorldCom and MCI Communications announced a $ 37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom, making it the largest corporate merger in U.S. history. On September 15, 1998, the merger was consummated, forming
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to oversee WorldCom's compliance with the SEC agreement. Breeden actively involved himself with the management of the company, and prepared a report for Rakoff, titled Restoring Trust, in which he proposed extensive
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The fraud came to light just days after Andersen was convicted of obstruction of justice in the Enron scandal, a verdict that effectively put Andersen out of business. In his post-mortem of the Enron scandal,
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On July 13, 2005, Bernard Ebbers received a sentence that would have kept him imprisoned for 25 years. At time of sentencing, Ebbers was 63 years old. On September 26, 2006, Ebbers surrendered himself to the
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to build a cellular phone service in Iraq as part of the U.S.-led reconstruction effort despite the fact that the company was not known for its expertise in building wireless networks.
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on concerns that it would create a monopoly. On July 13, 2000, the boards of directors of both companies terminated the merger. Later that year, MCI WorldCom renamed itself "WorldCom".
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notified the company's audit committee and board of directors in June 2002. The board moved swiftly, forcing Myers to resign and firing Sullivan when he refused to resign.
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reforms, as part of an effort to "cast the new MCI into what he hoped would become a model of how shareholders should be protected and how companies should be run".
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bankruptcy reorganization agreement, the company paid $ 750 million to the SEC in cash and stock in the new MCI, which was intended to be paid to wronged investors.
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settled with Worldcom investors for $ 2.65 billion on May 10, 2004. In March 2007, 16 of WorldCom's 17 former underwriters reached settlements with investors.
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WorldCom's first major acquisition was in 1992 with the $ 720 million acquisition of Advanced Telecommunications Corporation, outbidding larger rivals
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in 2004 with about $ 5.7 billion in debt and $ 6 billion in cash. About half of the cash was intended to pay various claims and settlements. Previous
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argued that Andersen's failure to uncover WorldCom's deceit would have brought Andersen down even if it had escaped the Enron fraud unscathed.
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of WorldCom authorized several loans and loan guarantees to CEO Bernard Ebbers so that he would not have to sell his WorldCom shares to meet
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service to make telephone calls—called "MCI Web Calling". After the merger with Verizon, this product was renamed "Verizon Web Calling".
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withdrew its audit opinion for 2001. Cooper and her team had exposed the largest accounting fraud in American history, displacing the
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in a span of eleven days during September 2008). The WorldCom bankruptcy proceedings were held before U.S. Federal Bankruptcy Judge
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Technologies, Inc., which had been acquired by MFS shortly before the merger with WorldCom. In February 1998, WorldCom acquired
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In 1989, it became a corporation as a result of a merger with Advantage Companies Inc. The company name was changed to
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ended up being paid 35.7 cents on the dollar, in bonds and stock in the new MCI company. The previous stockholders'
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accounting methods to disguise WorldCom's decreasing earnings in order to maintain the company's stock price.
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less than a year earlier. It would remain the largest accounting fraud ever uncovered until the exposure of
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in the largest such filing in United States history at the time (overtaken by the bankruptcies of both
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Beginning modestly during mid-1999 and continuing at an accelerated pace through May 2002, Ebbers, CFO
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Inflating revenues with bogus accounting entries from "corporate unallocated revenue accounts".
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became chairman and chief executive officer. On April 14, 2003, WorldCom changed its name to
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Booking "line costs" (interconnection expenses with other telecommunication companies) as
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company. For a time, it was the second-largest long-distance telephone company in the
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A book by the former chief audit executive of Worldcom on the demise of the company.
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This article is about LDDS, which later changed its name to WorldCom and purchased
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and three other investors formed Long Distance Discount Services, Inc. based in
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In May 2003, in a controversial deal, the company was given a $ 45 million
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David Myers and general accounting director Buford "Buddy" Yates used
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Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower
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Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower
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WorldCom agreed to pay a civil penalty of $ 2.25 billion to the
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The company grew rapidly in the 1990s, after completing several
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to secure the deal, making WorldCom a larger player in the
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as the share price plummeted during the bursting of the
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Pulliam, Susan; Soloman, Deborah (October 30, 2002).
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Index

Worldcom
MCI Communications
MCI (disambiguation)
WorldCom scandal

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Public
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Nasdaq
OTC Pink
Nasdaq
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Nasdaq
Telecommunications
Verizon Communications
Ashburn, Virginia
internet access
VoIP
wireless
Parent
Verizon Communications
enterprise.verizon.com
www.mci.com/mcihome.jsp
telecommunications
United States
AT&T
MCI Communications
an accounting scandal
CEO
Bernard Ebbers

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