reports did not reflect the real audit level. The accounting issue is Skilling circumvented internal controls by manipulating accounting and auditing statistic numbers which create bubbles. For example, Skilling controls over almost all facts of organization, particularly regarding its accounting procedures. Earnings management was accomplished largely using special purpose entities, accounting “reserves for contingencies “and mark-to-market accounting ,which recorded profits from long-term deals immediately…
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