I can imagine the various sets of books he kept. According to a former friend of mine, (who worked for several of what used to be the Big Eight accounting firms) is was common to have a set of books for the bank, another for the shareholders and another for the IRS. And this guy was party to it for 17 years. Yes, it’s safe to say that he knew too much.
Re: “I can imagine the various sets of books he kept. According to a former friend of mine, (who worked for several of what used to be the Big Eight accounting firms) is was common to have a set of books for the bank, another for the shareholders and another for the IRS. And this guy was party to it for 17 years. Yes, it’s safe to say that he knew too much.”
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Yes, I know an accountant with many years of experience in large companies and he said that accounting stuff can get pretty creative — NOT good!