Eugene Morse
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Who is Eugene Morse?
Eugene Morse is the American internal auditor and whistleblower who uncovered massive accounting fraud at WorldCom in 2002. Denise Cote, the United States District Judge who presided over the litigation related to the pre-petition Worldcom fraud officially found:
Eugene Morse, who worked in WorldCom’s Internal Audit department, was the single most important individual in the discovery of the scheme at WorldCom ...
...[his] investigation, often performed alone at night in Worldcom's offices
Morse earned his masters degree in business administration from Tulane University, and went on to become a chartered financial analyst, a certified internal auditor, and a certified public accountant. Morse began his career at WorldCom in 1997 as part of the Financial Management Associate program and performed his duties in various WorldCom departments, including Internal Audit, International Settlements, Revenue Accounting, Budget, General Accounting, and Financial Planning. Cynthia Cooper, widely credited as the person who exposed the massive fraud, was the head of the Internal Audit department at Worldcom and "encouraged Morse throughout his investigation" and reported the findings to the audit committee of WorldCom’s board of directors on June 20, 2002.
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