WorldCom Investigation Shift Focus to Ousted CEO Ebbers.

Authors :: Sandberg, Jared
Solomon, Deborah
Harris, Nicole
Markon, Jerry
Mollenkamp, Carrick
Young, Shawn
Source :: Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition. 7/1/2002, Vol. 240 Issue 1, pA1. 0p.
Publication Year :: 2002
Abstract: Reports that U.S. investigators are focusing on former chief executive Bernard J. Ebbers in their investigation of the accounting scandal of telecommunications company WorldCom. U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission charge of fraud against the company; Questions concerning Ebbers knowledge of overstatements of earnings by WorldCom; Expectation that more accounting irregularities will be discovered.