Explain one of the two methods used by Worldcom to give a totally unrealistic gloss to the annual accounts.

$2.$ Ebbers received a $25-$year prison sentence, Sullivan received $5$ years, and Myers received $1$ year.

Do you think these sentences were fair? Explain why or why not.

$3.$ If you were in David Myers' shoes and you were bullied by the CFO to record bogus accounting transactions in order to falsely report attractive profits for the quarter:

$($a$)$ what would you do$?$

$($b$)$ what would be the likely consequences of your chosen course of action?