Fannie Mae was fined $400MM for accounting manipulations benefiting their execs and padding their bottom line: Link
This is a huge scandal, but isn't getting the Arthur Andersen fourth degree. The media is perplexing in what they choose to highlight. Even the WSJ article today focused primarily on the former officers potentially facing legal consequences over their accounting practices rather than the specifics of the fraud and the issues it creates for its clients (plus, although this is more analysis than news, how they go about rectifying their associations w/ FM).
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