It seems fitting to recall Samuel Morse's first telegraph message now that his telecommunications progeny Bernie Ebbers, former chief executive of WorldCom, has been convicted on all nine counts claiming
Whistleblowing: SOX's Unintended Victims
It seems fitting to recall Samuel Morse's first telegraph message now that his telecommunications progeny Bernie Ebbers, former chief executive of WorldCom, has been convicted on all nine counts claiming that he helped mastermind an $11 billion accounting fraud at his former firm, now known as MCI. Ebbers had been charged with one count of conspiracy, one count of securities fraud, and seven counts of filing false statements with securities regulators. He could serve up to 85 years in prison. Meanwhile, another senior executive of a major corporation has been undone -- not by business fraud, but by a personal affair.
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