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FRAUD FRAUD
BUSTED:
Arthur Andersen

SETTLED:
Merrill Lynch   Citigroup   CSFB
Xerox   Piper Jaffray

UNDER INVESTIGATION:
Enron   WorldCom   Qwest
Tyco   ImClone   Global Crossing
Dynegy   CMS Energy   El Paso Corp.
Halliburton   Williams Cos.  
AOL Time Warner   Goldman Sachs
Salomon Smith Barney   Citigroup
J.P. Morgan Chase   Schering Plough  
Bristol-Myers Squibb   Kmart  
Johnson & Johnson   Adelphia  
Merrill Lynch   Rite Aid  
Red indicates companies in bankruptcy

CEOs IN TROUBLE:
Sam Waksal
-- ImClone (former CEO)
Martha Stewart
-- Martha Stewart Omnimedia
John Rigas
-- Adelphia (former CEO)
Dennis Kozlowski
-- Tyco (former CEO)
Bernard Ebbers
-- WorldCom (former CEO)
Philip Anschutz
-- Qwest
Joseph Nacchio
-- Qwest (former CEO)
A. Alfred Taubman
-- Sotheby's (former Chairman)
Stephen Garofalo
-- Metromedia Fiber Networks (Chairman)
Clark McLeod
-- McLeod USA (former CEO)

THE INVESTIGATORS:
Justice Department
SEC
Congress
State Attorneys General
Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau
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THE AUDITORS
AUDITOR
COMPANIES
Arthur Andersen
Enron*, WorldCom*, Qwest*, Global Crossing*, Dynegy*, CMS Energy*, Halliburton*, Peregrine*, Merck*
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Tyco, El Paso Corp.
KPMG
Xerox*
Deloitte & Touche
Adelphia
Ernst & Young
AOL, Williams Cos.
NOTE: This table reflects the auditors at the time these companies allegedly used questionable accounting practices. Companies marked with an asterisk have changed their auditors since then.
 
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