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Ebbers Testifies He Was Unaware of WorldCom Fraud

NPR | By Jim Zarroli

Published February 28, 2005 at 11:00 PM CST

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.