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Ebbers Testifies He Was Unaware of WorldCom Fraud

By Jim Zarroli
Published February 28, 2005 at 10:00 PM MST

The former head of WorldCom takes the witness stand again Tuesday at his trial on charges of accounting fraud. Bernard Ebbers insisted Monday that he was unaware of the massive fraudulent accounting that took place at the company between 2000 and 2002.

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Jim Zarroli is an NPR correspondent based in New York. He covers economics and business news.
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