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3月15日，涉嫌110億美元的會計(jì)欺詐案的世通前CEO伯納德·埃伯斯被美國聯(lián)邦陪審團(tuán)判定犯有欺詐罪，埃伯斯還犯有合謀罪以及向監(jiān)管部門提交虛假文件的罪名。據(jù)悉，63歲的埃伯斯犯下了美國史上金額最大的欺詐罪，最多將被判入獄85年，計(jì)劃在6月13日宣判。外電報(bào)道如下：Bernard Ebbers, the once-swaggering CEO of WorldCom, was convicted Tuesday of engineering the largest corporate fraud in U.S. history - an $11 billion accounting scandal that capsized the big telecom company three years ago.
The verdict marked a colossal fall for Ebbers, who had turned a humble Mississippi long-distance provider into a global telecommunications power, swallowing up companies along the way and earning the nickname "Telecom Cowboy."
A federal jury in Manhattan returned guilty verdicts on all nine counts, including securities fraud, conspiracy and lying to regulators - a decision that could send Ebbers, 63, to prison for the rest of his life. Sentencing was set for June 13.
Capsize表示“（船、車等）傾覆”，例如：It was a real miracle that the little boat capsized in the storm, but luckily didn't sink.（小船在暴風(fēng)雨中傾覆，幸好沒沉沒，這真是個(gè)奇跡。）I capsized the canoe.（我掀翻了那只獨(dú)木舟。）
據(jù)悉，自從美國電信業(yè)巨頭世通的欺詐活動于2002年曝光以來，已經(jīng)有六名公司前管理人員被判有罪其他五人都承認(rèn)有罪，其中包括前首席財(cái)務(wù)官斯科特·沙利文。陪審團(tuán)用了六周時(shí)間才確定了埃伯斯的罪名，他在為自己辯護(hù)時(shí)多次否認(rèn)指控，將罪責(zé)都推在了沙利文身上。
（中國日報(bào)網(wǎng)站編）
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