Posted on 04/18/2002 3:55:26 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:52:40 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Talks between Arthur Andersen LLC and the Justice Department reportedly broke off Thursday, bringing an apparent end to efforts to resolve criminal charges against the auditing firm for its involvement in the Enron collapse.
Andersen was indicted on one count of obstruction of justice for the shredding of thousands of documents related to questionable accounting practices employed by the former energy giant, which filed for bankruptcy Dec. 2.
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