General Electric shares tank following accusation of 'bigger fraud than Enron'
Source: The Guardian
GEs share price tanked after Madoff whistleblower claimed company is engaging in accounting fraud worth $38bn.
The whistleblower who called out Bernard Madoffs Ponzi scheme has accused General Electric of wide-scale fraud in a move that has sent the conglomerates share price into a tailspin.
In a report titled General Electric, a Bigger Fraud Than Enron, investigator Harry Markopolos claims GE is engaging in accounting fraud worth $38bn. He said GE is heading for bankruptcy and is hiding $29bn in long-term care losses.
GEs $38bn in accounting fraud amounts to over 40% of GEs market capitalization, making it far more serious than either the Enron or WorldCom accounting frauds, he writes, referencing two of the largest corporate accounting scandals in history.
GEs share price sank close to 15% after the report was released.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/aug/15/general-electric-stock-harry-markopolos-fraud-claims
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)couple decades has GE done restatements? This story has been shadowing GE for decades. Looks like Jack Welsh left a real stink bomb behind.
bucolic_frolic
(43,123 posts)you can find an accountant that can justify anything you like. After all, you pay the bills.
Companies become an accumulation of these CEO induced short term earnings tweaks. They add up.
pbmus
(12,422 posts)92 billion in obligations....and then this...
nitpicker
(7,153 posts)Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)oasis
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(2,778 posts)former9thward
(31,969 posts)A total scam. GE was up 10% today. Too bad for the people who sold yesterday based on this guy's "comments".