Scott d sullivan biography books

Scott D. Sullivan is the former chief financial officer, secretary, treasurer, and a board member of WorldCom, who was convicted as part of WorldCom's $3.8 billion accounting fraud, at the time the largest scandal of its kind in U.S.

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Biography

Sullivan attended Bethlehem Central High School in Delmar, New York. He graduated from the State University of New York at Oswego in 1983, and was awarded the Anniversary Class Award for alumni in 1998.^[1]

Sullivan was CFO, treasurer and secretary of WorldCom from December 1994 to December 2002, and was its executive vice president from April 2002.^[2] During this time, he put on ostentatious displays of wealth, including building a 24,000 sq ft (2,200 m²) mansion in Boca Raton, Florida.^[3]

In 2002, WorldCom learned of improper accounting at the company.

Sullivan was asked to resign by the company's board of directors; he refused, and was fired.^[4] I