Knew she was committing a fraud, even claims to have written a resignation letter at one point. Judge thinks here "among the least culpable."  5 months + 5 months.

Ex-WorldCom Executive Gets Prison and House Arrest

NEW YORK (AP) -- An accountant who made some of the fraudulent entries in the books at WorldCom was sentenced Friday to five months in prison and five months of house arrest.

Betty Vinson, 49, who said she was pressured by superiors to make the false entries, had hoped to avoid prison time because she cooperated with the government in its prosecution of ex-CEO Bernard Ebbers.

''Ms. Vinson was among the least culpable members of the conspiracy at WorldCom,'' U.S. District Judge Barbara Jones said. Still, ''had Ms. Vinson refused to do what she was asked, it's possible this conspiracy might have been nipped in the bud.''

You have five paragraphs or so there, which sentence do you wish us to criticise?

Simon: presumably the prison sentence.

Unless you were being snarky, I couldn't tell.

funny guy.

The grammar of the first two sentences is atrocious.

The third sentence doesn't have enough structure to evaluate its grammar.

She's an accountant. That's a regulated professional field. "My boss told me to falsify the books" has never been an acceptible excuse for an accountant to use.

If I was the judge, it would be 10 years in prison and permanent stripping of her ability to work in the field.

Ebbers I would give life in prison plus 20 years since he was the mastermind of an organized criminal conspiracy that defrauded tens of thousands of people.

> Unless you were being snarky, I couldn't tell.

CobugzPilot Case #233894

Emoticons needed on JOS Off Topic

I year of pound-me-in-the-ass prison would be just about right.

But I don't think anybody from this case is going anywhere near a PMITA prison.

I'd have used the JOS standard symbol for sarcasm :-} but I didn't think it necessary.

Said symbol still looks filthy.

To tell which JOS postings are sarcastic, look for the ones with a date at the bottom.

She got off lightly for ratting on her boss. Understandable. She should have gotten a heavier sentence for not ratting on her boss when it could have done some good.

"If I was the judge, it would be 10 years in prison and permanent stripping of her ability to work in the field."

Yep. Would serve her right for not feeling up the female airline passenger sleeping next to her.

Philo