Andersen's reputation at stake in Enron case From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) | Date: January 13, 2002| Author: | Copyright 2002 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Andersen's reputation at stake in Enron case

Auditors destroyed documents, purged files as energy firm collapsed

By FLOYD NORRIS

New York Times

Sunday, January 13, 2002

Why would the auditors destroy documents?

That is the major question raised by the startling disclosure last week that auditors from Arthur Andersen began destroying Enron documents and purging computer files in September and continued to do so while Enron collapsed.

It is not even clear, Andersen says, whether the destruction of documents stopped after the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Andersen a subpoena.

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