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07-13-2005, 10:58 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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Bernie Ebbers gets 25 years
Now, on to Ken Lay and the Enron guys...
hxxp://money.cnn.com/2005/07/13/news/newsmakers/ebbers_sentence/index.htm?cnn=yes Ebbers gets 25 years Former WorldCom chief, 63 years-old, could spend the rest of his life in prison. July 13, 2005: 11:46 AM EDT NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Ex-WorldCom chief executive Bernard Ebbers was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison. Ebbers was convicted in March of orchestrating an $11 billion accounting fraud at WorldCom, one of the country's telecommunications companies. WorldCom's bankruptcy filing in 2002 ranks as the largest in U.S. history. A federal jury in New York found Ebbers, 63, guilty of committing nine felonies. The crimes carry a maximum prison term of 85 years. Ebbers had asked for leniency, arguing that his failing health, community service and personal financial losses from WorldCom's collapse warranted a lighter sentence. WorldCom is now known as MCI (Research).
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07-13-2005, 11:12 AM
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kudos to the powers that be for not slappin' him on the wrist.
sorry for the duplicate thread.... 
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07-13-2005, 11:16 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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As a former MCI/WorldCom employee, I say WooHoo!!
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07-13-2005, 11:46 AM
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Yeah, there was little doubt of this. He was guilty as stone - hell, some of it isn't even public.
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07-13-2005, 11:51 AM
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I always love this part. It is as if the defendent is forgetting about all the people who lost their jobs and/or investments because of his criminal actions. |
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07-13-2005, 01:24 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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BURN IN HELL BERNIE!!!
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07-13-2005, 01:24 PM
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I hope he gets ass-raped repeatedly.
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07-13-2005, 01:27 PM
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I doubt he goes to pound-him-in-the-ass prison.
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07-13-2005, 01:48 PM
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This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
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I hope he only gets the 2nd tier cable package without Skinamax.
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07-13-2005, 01:49 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Not Delaware - hurray!
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Kudos to the justice system and the government investigators.
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07-13-2005, 03:16 PM
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Probably the most overlooked point in these cases. We should congratulation the prosecution for making a case the jury could understand, and delivering a conviction. These trials were extraordinarily complex, and the government not only had to convince the jury of guilt, they had to make them understand the crime as well. |
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