Stolen Without A Gun: Confessions from inside history's biggest accounting fraud the collapse of MCI...
by Etika Books

	Stolen Without A Gun: Confessions from inside history's biggest accounting fraud the collapse of MCI...
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Book Description

<div>Walter Pavlo, Jr. was a young MBA rising quickly through the finance ranks at the nation’s second largest telecom company. With a beautiful wife, two kids and a promising career, he epitomized the American dream. Pavlo’s life took a dark turn when he became a willing participant in the company’s efforts to hide from investors and potential acquirers a mountain of bad debt run up by mobsters and other unsavory customers. Encouraged by higher-ups, Pavlo became accomplished at accounting gimmickry. Then the jaded young executive consorted with a colorful scam artist and others to use some of the same ploys he’d devised for his employer to enrich himself at its expense. A ruse born of disillusionment and greed turned into a nightmare for Pavlo after he was caught and forced to choose--rat on his buddies or spend decades rotting in prison. His crimes ultimately cost Pavlo his freedom, family, reputation and self-respect. Only later did he recognize that his original sins were part and parcel of the corruption that led to an historic collapse for his company, his industry and of public confidence in corporate America. With humor and raw honesty, Pavlo and award-winning Forbes senior editor Neil Weinberg use this compelling personal story to portray in intimate detail the pressures millions of white-collar workers face every day.

Reader Reviews

This book reminds me of what happened at Enron because like Andy Fastow, this guy was doing side deals with 900 phone number companies who owed millions to MCI. He would cook the books at MCI so that it would appear that the debt had been paid off..then he would arrange to collect the debt himself...and MCI was never the wiser. Amazing what you can get away with in the corporate world...NO CHECKS AND BALANCES AT MCI.