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3月15日，涉嫌110億美元的會計欺詐案的世通前CEO伯納德·埃伯斯被美國聯邦陪審團判定犯有欺詐罪，埃伯斯還犯有合謀罪以及向監管部門提交虛假文件的罪名。據悉，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，計劃在6月13日宣判。外電報道如下：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.（小船在暴風雨中傾覆，幸好沒沉沒，這真是個奇跡。）I capsized the canoe.（我掀翻了那只獨木舟。）
據悉，自從美國電信業巨頭世通的欺詐活動于2002年曝光以來，已經有六名公司前管理人員被判有罪其他五人都承認有罪，其中包括前首席財務官斯科特·沙利文。陪審團用了六周時間才確定了埃伯斯的罪名，他在為自己辯護時多次否認指控，將罪責都推在了沙利文身上。
（中國日報網站編）
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