Sarbanes-Oxley  Hall of Shame


Corporate Scandal Primer - The Washington Post, ongoing coverage
Corporate Accountability - C-SPAN, ongoing coverage
Corporate Ethics - Online NewsHour, ongoing coverage

You're in trouble, now!

Under investigation
Charged
Adelphia
Arthur Andersen
Critical Path
CSFB
Enron
HealthSouth
Homestore.com
ImClone Systems
Kmart
Martha Stewart Living
Merrill Lynch
Qwest
Salomon Smith Barney
Tyco
U.S. Technologies
WorldCom

Settled
Citigroup - CSFB - Gemstar/TV Guide - Merrill Lynch - MFS - Piper Jaffray - Xerox

Executives in Trouble
  • 7 former senior executives – Symbol Technologies
  • 27 directors and officers of the Royal Dutch / Shell Group
  • Philip Anschutz - Qwest (founder)
  • Jonathan Beck - AA (former RVP)
  • Timothy Belden - Enron
  • Franklin C. Brown - Rite Aid (former general counsel and vice chairman)
  • Irvin Brown – Allou Healthcare, Inc.
  • James Brown - Adelphia Communications (former VP Finance)
  • Kevin Clark - AA (former RVP)
  • David Duncan - Arthur Andersen (former Sr. Audit Partner)
  • Bernard Ebbers - WorldCom (former CEO)
  • Andrew Fastow - Enron (former CFO)
  • Lea Fastow - Enron (former Asst. Treasurer)
  • Jacob Fekete – Allou Healthcare, Inc.
  • Stephen Garofalo - Metromedia Fiber Networks (chairman)
  • Timothy Ganley - AA (former VP)
  • Kevin Howard - Enron Broadband Services (former CEO)
  • Aaron Jacobowitz – Allou Healthcare, Inc.
  • Herman Jacobowitz – Allou Healthcare, Inc.
  • Jacob Jacobowitz – Allou Healthcare, Inc.
  • Victor Jacobowitz – Allou Healthcare, Inc.
  • Sholem Klein – Allou Healthcare, Inc.
  • Kenneth Lay - Enron (former Chairman/CEO)
  • Nachman Lichter – Allou Healthcare, Inc.
  • Clark McLeod - McLeod USA (former CEO)
  • Dennis Kozlowski - Tyco (former CEO)
  • Joseph Nacchio - Qwest (former CEO)
  • Frank Quattrone - Credit Suisse First Boston (former technology investment banker)
  • John Rigas - Adelphia Communications (founder and former CEO)
  • Michael Rigas - Adelphia Communications (former EVP)
  • Tim Rigas - Adelphia Communications (former CFO)
  • Richard Scrushy - HealthSouth (former CEO)
  • Jeffrey Skilling - Enron (former CEO)
  • Martha Stewart - Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (founder and former CEO)
  • Scott Sullivan - Worldcom (former CFO)
  • A. Alfred Taubman - Sotheby's (former Chairman)
  • David Thatcher - AA (former CFO)
  • Sam Waksal - ImClone Systems (former CEO)
  • ...and more...

Dropping like flies
2 More WorldCom Executives Plead Guilty
Source: http://www.accountancyage.com/News/1131036

If all your friends jumped off a cliff…
Ex-WorldCom accounting director pleads guilty
Source: http://www.accountancyage.com/News/1130986

Twist my arm
Ex-WorldCom exec pleads guilty to fraud
Source: http://www.accountancyage.com/News/1130830

78 reasons to squeal
Ex-Enron FD faces 78 fraud charges
Source: http://www.accountancyage.com/News/1131275

Big bucks from Big Losers
Andersen gets maximum fine over Enron
Source: http://www.accountancyage.com/News/1131122

Who’s doing the laundry?
Enron CFO faces money laundering charge
Source: http://www.accountancyage.com/News/1130397

What’s a Dick to do?
Congress accounting watchdog sues Cheney
Source: http://www.accountancyage.com/News/1127945

Do you have a candidate for the Hall of Shame?
Send us a link. No slander, please... you wouldn't want us to send Ms. SarBox over
to rap your knuckles with a ruler
...or would you...


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