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Accounting scandal of 2001
Main article: Enron scandal -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron
After a series of revelations involving irregular accounting procedures bordering on
fraud, perpetrated throughout the 1990s, involving Enron and its accounting firm Arthur
Andersen, Enron stood at the verge of undergoing the largest bankruptcy in history by
mid-November 2001. Daniel Scotto an All American top team analyst, number one
ranked utility analyst for an unprecedented nine consecutive years published and stated in
August 2001 that Enron was likely to implode. Scotto was the first analyst to recommend
the sale of all Enron securities, including its common stock. He was also the first to
divulge publicly the magnitude of Enron's financial leverage and lack of corporate ethics,
and to question the reliability of Enron's reported earnings results, despite those results
being audited by Arthur Andersen. A white knight rescue attempt by a similar, smaller
energy company, Dynegy, was not viable. Enron filed for Bankruptcy on December 2,
2001. As the scandal was revealed, Enron shares dropped from over US$90.00 to just
pennies. As Enron had been considered a blue chip stock, this was an unprecedented and
disastrous event in the financial world. Enron's plunge occurred after it was revealed that