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Two Former WorldCom Execs Arrested
Last Updated: August 01, 2002 09:24 AM ET
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two former top executives of bankrupt telecommunications firm WorldCom Inc were arrested on Thursday for their role in the $3.85 billion accounting scandal that has rocked confidence in corporate America, an FBI spokesman said.

Former WorldCom Chief Financial Officer Scott Sullivan and former Controller David Myers were being held at the FBI offices in lower Manhattan and are expected to be presented in Manhattan federal court later in the day.

Details of the charges were not immediately available.

WorldCom, which has been charged with fraud by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed for the world's largest bankruptcy in July as it buckled under $40 billion in debt and the billion accounting scandal. The company fired Sullivan, who it alleged orchestrated the accounting debacle. CEO Bernie Ebbers resigned under pressure in April.

The scandal at WorldCom, coming after the collapse of energy trader Enron Corp., fanned a political firestorm that led to new legislation signed by President Bush on Tuesday that quadruples penalties for accounting fraud.





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