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NEW YORK -- Money, power and pressure combined to form a "perfect storm of corruption" that led Bernard Ebbers to commit an enormous fraud, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday in closing arguments at the former WorldCom chief's trial.
Ebbers' testimony that he was unfamiliar with finance and accounting was little more than a deceitful effort to avoid punishment, prosecutor William Johnson told jurors.See the full content of this document
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Ebbers 'Lied to Your Face,' U.S. Says
"He lied right to your face," Johnson said. "The aw-shucks defense insults your intelligence. You know better."
Judge Barbara Jones...See the full content of this document
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