When WorldCom revealed in June that it had fiddled its accounts to the tune of $3.9 billion in the 15 months to the end of March, it was the tip of an iceberg. Employees have since alleged that the practice had been going on for much longer. Moreover, malpractice was not confined to the accounts department. WorldCom's sales staff were also fiddling the figures. In February three WorldCom salesmen at the company's Arlington, Virginia, office were suspended in a case involving millions of dollars of overpaid commissions. The company's Chicago and Baltimore offices were investigated at the same time.
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