Oh dear, it's so sad to see the fate that has befallen one of my former consulting clients. I told them they were scum, I told them they were carrion vultures and venal miscreants. But did they listen? Of course not. And now God has punished them. Good. Saves me another long climb up the bell tower. Must be old age. That assault rifle is getting heavy.

NEWS ALERT
The Wall Street Journal
March 12, 2004

MCI to State Fraud Was $11 Billion

MCI, formerly known as WorldCom, is expected to reveal that its total accounting fraud reached about $11 billion and that its final financial restatement will affect billions more because the company has reversed many of its past accounting practices, according to people familiar with the situation. MCI is expected to make the disclosure as early as Friday in an SEC filing, in which it is expected to provide audited results for 2000, 2001 and 2002 that will reveal the full extent of the largest accounting fraud in U.S. history, according to these people.