Bernard J. Ebbers, who spent 12 years in prison after presiding over a notorious $11 billion accounting fraud as chief executive of the telephone company WorldCom, died on Sunday, according to his lawyer. He was 78.
His health had sharply deteriorated in recent months, his family said in a statement provided by the lawyer, Graham P. Carner.
via Bernard J. Ebbers, Convicted Former WorldCom Chief, Dies at 78 – The New York Times.
