August 16, 2019

“Harry Markopolos … who gained fame a decade ago for pointing out Bernie Madoff ’s Ponzi scheme, issued a report Thursday saying that the industrial conglomerate is hiding problems ‘more serious than either the Enron or WorldCom accounting frauds.’ Chief Executive Larry Culp dubbed the report ‘market manipulation.’ Leslie Seidman, the chair of GE’s audit committee and former chair of the group overseeing the accounting industry, told CNBC that the report was ‘full of misleading, inaccurate and inflammatory statements.’”

Wall Street Journal
August 16, 2019

“GE’s share-price meltdown…can be traced to fears of nasty surprises not necessarily visible in its public accounts.”

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