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  Case 24: AIG (2005)

  Prof. Dr. Klaus Henselmann, Dr. Stefan Hofmann

  …Accounting Fraud in U.S. Companies 155 Case 24: AIG (2005) In his 38 years as CEO of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), Maurice… …AIG were three primary areas of fraud (see SEC 2009): – Sham reinsurance transactions with General Re Corp. (“Gen Re”), in order to make it appear… …boosted AIG’s net investment income and allowed it to improperly recognize capital gains Accounting Fraud in U.S. Companies 156 The “Gen… …. Accounting Fraud in U.S. Companies 157 The transactions to misstate net investment income and capital gains Another set of transactions was designed… …General Eliot Spitzer. “And yet, top management routinely and persistently resorted to deception and fraud in an apparent effort to improve the company’s… …over securities fraud and improper accounting by paying USD 800 million in fines and disgorgement. Settlement of these issues with New York State… …authorities as well as the Department of Justice resulted in payment of another USD 800 million. Accounting Fraud in U.S. Companies 158 Eventually… …, in August 2009, the SEC announced an agreement with Greenberg to settle the accusations that he oversaw the accounting fraud at AIG. The SEC com-… …Greenberg was liable as a “control person” during the fraud, but it had not accused him of fraud directly. Under the settlement, 84 year-old Greenberg… …defiant statement saying that he had “no responsibility” for the fraud at AIG and that the vast majority of the re- statement was “unnecessary”. But he…

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  Case 25: Bernard Madoff (2008)

  Prof. Dr. Klaus Henselmann, Dr. Stefan Hofmann

  …Accounting Fraud in U.S. Companies 159 Case 25: Bernard Madoff (2008) In December 2008, as the global financial crisis continued on its… …stunning fraud that appears to be of epic proportions”, and the Economist called it “the con of the century”. Needless to say, the unprecedented scope of… …the fraud was far beyond the reach of all of the other recent scandals of the financial system. Bernard Madoff started his financial career at… …appeared to believe in loyalty and Accounting Fraud in U.S. Companies 160 honesty,” said one former Madoff employee in retrospect. “Never in your… …profits generated by share trading. Eventually, Madoff admitted in this conversation that he estimated the losses from the fraud were at least USD 50… …, and charged with securities fraud. When federal agents arrived at Madoffs’ apartment, he told them: “There is no innocent explanation. I have paid… …simplicity, one of the most puzzling issues of the Madoff fraud was that the majority of the victims had an expert knowledge of financial investment: they… …Wall Street, there had been scepticism for years over how Madoff managed to pay such consistently high Accounting Fraud in U.S. Companies 161… …returns. The SEC admitted that it had missed “repeated opportunities” to discover the fraud. It had received “credible and specific allegations regarding… …than each final investor. Thus, he was able to avoid the SEC disclosure rules. But when the SEC changed regula- Accounting Fraud in U.S. Companies…

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  Case 26: Juergen Schneider (Germany, 1994)

  Prof. Dr. Klaus Henselmann, Dr. Stefan Hofmann

  …165 2.2 Accounting Fraud in European Companies Case 26: Juergen Schneider (Germany, 1994) Up to the year 1994, a number of scandals… …over mismanagement and fraud emerged in Germany, but the “Schneider case” was by far the biggest. The case is linked to an exceptional bank scandal. In… …for several years before collapsing and casting Schneider under the suspicion of credit fraud, fraudulent invocation of bankruptcy and tax evasion. He… …verified something as basic as the size of the property it was lending on. Accounting Fraud in European Companies 166 Schneider also appeared… …explic- itly whether there were any supplementary contracts. Deutsche Bank claimed that it was the victim of systematic fraud. Hilmar Kopper, at the… …contractors and craftsmen, causing repeated embarrassment. Bank credi- Accounting Fraud in European Companies 167 tors demanded detailed information… …properties and paying off contractors. Instead he chose to run away. Accounting Fraud in European Companies 168 The reason for all the public… ….: Great Financial Disasters of our Time, 2nd edition, Berlin 2006, p. 27 Schneider fraud inquiry launched, The Independent, April 15, 1994 Kohl Assails… …Banks in Schneider Fiasco, International Herald Tribune, April 21, 1994 Deutsche Bank “victim of fraud”, The Independent, April 26, 1994 When the Music… …Independent, July 6, 1994 German Fraud Case May Raise Conflict, The New York Times, May 25, 1995 International Business: Germans Are Gripped by the Return of…

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  Case 27: Flowtex (Germany, 2000)

  Prof. Dr. Klaus Henselmann, Dr. Stefan Hofmann

  …Accounting Fraud in European Companies 169 Case 27: Flowtex (Germany, 2000) The allegedly biggest case of accounting fraud in post-war… …Germany reached a cli- max when the managers of “Flowtex Technologie GmbH & Co. KG” received jail terms of up to 12 years after being convicted of fraud… …executives to live luxurious lives, involving grand houses, chalets, yachts, private jets, and valuable paintings. The fraud was “of a scope without… …digging up road surfaces. In sale-and-lease-back transactions, the drilling machines were re-leased from over 60 leasing companies. The fraud was quite… …of Flowtex, referred to as “service partners”) until there were apparently some 3,400 machines on the company’s books. Once the fraud started, the… …documentation for the individual machines were changed, so that everything seemed to be in order. The classic signs of fraud had been apparent for some time… …line and refused to have anything to do with the company in the future. Accounting Fraud in European Companies 170 The number of leased… …so-called “whistleblower”) had exposed the fraud, because he alleg- edly wanted to warn investors. Shortly afterwards, the Flowtex group collapsed; Manfred… …Schmider, chief executive, and his deputy, Dr. Klaus Kleiser, were ar- rested and charged with fraud. Schmider and Kleiser had concluded 3,411 leasing… …Schmider and Kleiser, Accounting Fraud in European Companies 171 the two company directors, were courted by politicians of all parties as model…

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  Case 28: EM.TV (Germany, 2000)

  Prof. Dr. Klaus Henselmann, Dr. Stefan Hofmann

  …Accounting Fraud in European Companies 173 Case 28: EM.TV (Germany, 2000) “Entertainment Munich TV” (commonly referred to as “EM.TV”) was… …matter-of-factly, “I want to be big.” Accounting Fraud in European Companies 174 However, EM.TV was still tiny compared with European TV heavyweights… …Haffa brothers based on the allegations of untrue financial statements and securities fraud. Accounting Fraud in European Companies 175 The… …while continuing to paint a rosy picture of the company. In order to shore up EM.TV’s sagging share price, Accounting Fraud in European Companies… …, February 16, 2001 Fraud charges ground German TV’s high-flyers, Evening Standard London, November 21, 2002 Understanding Director & Officer Liability in…

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  Case 29: Infomatec (Germany, 2000)

  Prof. Dr. Klaus Henselmann, Dr. Stefan Hofmann

  …Accounting Fraud in European Companies 177 Case 29: Infomatec (Germany, 2000) Infomatec, an Augsburg-based maker of interactive TV… …, Infomatec was a darling of Ger- many’s “Neuer Markt”. However, first came euphoria, then came fear, and finally, fraud. The founders of Infomatec, Gerhard… …Harlos and Alexander Haefele, were among the first board members of a corporation from the Neuer Markt to be arrested for allegations of fraud… …information. Accounting Fraud in European Companies 178 Although there were many attempts by single investors to sue Infomatec and the… …suspicion of insider trading and stock price fraud. Haefele received a jail term of two years and nine months, and Harlos was given a two years suspended… …close down in September 2002. Accounting Fraud in European Companies 179 The famous “Infomatec decisions” of the BGH constituted the beginning…

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  Case 30: Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products (Belgium, 2000)

  Prof. Dr. Klaus Henselmann, Dr. Stefan Hofmann

  …Accounting Fraud in European Companies 180 Case 30: Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products (Belgium, 2000) In 2007, ten years after Jo Lernout and… …hundreds of disgruntled investors who lined up for the opening of the nation’s biggest fraud trial, seeking to get their money back. “Lernout & Hauspie… …of sophistication of the fraud and the amount of imagination that went into it”. Speaking at a news conference in Brussels, he said the fraud… …, revenue quadrupled to Accounting Fraud in European Companies 181 USD 31 million. In 1998, revenue mushroomed to USD 212 million, more than… …½ years because of “errors and irregularities”, a term that in accounting literature often signifies fraud. Jo Lernout and Pol Hauspie, the… …, the company voluntarily de-listed from the EASDAQ. In April 2001, L&H announced that a new probe of its operations found massive fraud. The probe… …of undisclosed and deceptive transactions to inflate reported revenue and, consequently, the stock price. Accounting Fraud in European Companies… …false impression of exponential growth. The LDCs had Accounting Fraud in European Companies 183 few, if any, employees, and were dependent upon… …of fraud. The revelations eventually led to an investigation by the American watchdog SEC. The Flanders Language Valley Fund N.V. Over the… …, recorded USD 160 million on June 30, 2000. L&H seemed to have cracked the Korean market. CEO Gaston Accounting Fraud in European Companies 184…

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  Case 31: Bankgesellschaft Berlin (Germany, 2001)

  Prof. Dr. Klaus Henselmann, Dr. Stefan Hofmann

  …Accounting Fraud in European Companies 186 Case 31: Bankgesellschaft Berlin (Germany, 2001) It is a spectacular tale of incompetence… …, nepotism, corruption and accounting fraud that pushed one of Germany’s biggest banks to the brink of collapse. The news magazine Der Spiegel spoke of the… …million) was also expressly dispensed with. Accounting Fraud in European Companies 187 Later, investigations revealed that Berlin Hyp chairman… …said that it had been obliged to set aside over EUR 2 billion in provisions. About half the provisions were to cover Accounting Fraud in European… …in damages from BDO. Accounting Fraud in European Companies 189 The Walther report could have stopped the shenanigans years ago. But BDO… …weaknesses in the German system, Newsweek International, June 7, 2004 Bankgesellschaft fraud trial opens, Financial Times, July 29, 2005…

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  Case 32: Comroad (Germany, 2002)

  Prof. Dr. Klaus Henselmann, Dr. Stefan Hofmann

  …Accounting Fraud in European Companies 190 Case 32: Comroad (Germany, 2002) For audacity and scale, few cases of accounting fraud can match… …: Accounting Fraud in European Companies 191 (1) a lack of clarity about the existence of a Hong Kong company named “VT Elec- tronics Ltd.”, and (2) a… …, in the wake of that firm’s role in the Enron fraud in the United States. KPMG’s merger talks with Andersen broke down as the Comroad scandal… …was removed, and in November 2002, CEO Bodo Schnabel was ultimately jailed for seven years for criminal fraud and market manipulation. The Wall Street… …total revenues and backed them up with the name of a Accounting Fraud in European Companies 192 non-existing Asian customer. By 2000, roughly 97%… …. Still, the courts rejected most of the civil claims against Mr. Schnabel. KPMG said that it was victim of the fraud – and indeed, some observers… …thought that the “we were fooled, too” defense could be valid. “Comroad is not an account- ing issue. This is fraud,” said Hans-Georg Bruns, a member of… …series of accountings scandals in Germany that have badly damaged investors’ confidence in Accounting Fraud in European Companies 193 financial…

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  Case 33: Vivendi Universal (France, 2002)

  Prof. Dr. Klaus Henselmann, Dr. Stefan Hofmann

  …Accounting Fraud in European Companies 194 Case 33: Vivendi Universal (France, 2002) Initially, Jean-Marie Messier was being celebrated as a… …. According to Le Monde, Vivendi had appeared to dispose of 400 million shares in BSkyB, but, instead of selling them, Accounting Fraud in European… …separate SEC probe. In December 2002, fraud squad detectives raided Vivendi’s Paris headquarters and the homes of its deposed CEO, Jean-Marie Messier… …, hauling away boxes of docu- ments and electronic records. “The situation for Vivendi looks quite dangerous,” said a lawyer specialized in securities fraud… …cases. “Vivendi has to defend itself at a time when public anger over corporate fraud is running high, and juries are increas- ingly willing to hand out… …big awards in such cases.” Accounting Fraud in European Companies 196 In December 2003, the SEC announced that it filed and simultaneously… …settled a civil fraud action against Vivendi and its former CEO. Specifically, the SEC com- plaint included the following allegations (see SEC Press… …Accounting Fraud in European Companies 197 planned to dispose of. In a self-justificatory book published in 2003, Messier sug- gested that he was a… …, the company had continued to apply French GAAP. Accounting Fraud in European Companies 198 References: Vivendi Universal, with its… …turned up the heat for the French media giant, Business Week Online, November 18, 2002 Fraud squad raids Vivendi offices, The Independent, December 13…

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