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WorldCom CEO Ebbers Convicted of Fraud

By Jim Zarroli

Published March 15, 2005 at 11:00 PM CST

Former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers is convicted of fraud, but his lawyers say he'll appeal. A federal jury Tuesday found Ebbers guilty of organizing the largest corporate fraud in U.S. history. Ebbers insisted on the witness stand he didn't know the details of his company's financial decisions.

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

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