Lynn Turner Executives Quotations

First and foremost it is the company, it's these executives that put these numbers together, it's not the auditors. So the people who are actually in the kitchen, cooking the books, stirring the stew, so to speak, are these executives, and there is no excuse for what happened.

One can only wonder what message the U.S. attorney was thinking of sending to other executives who engage in such behavior. It is indeed rare that a federal prosecutor would stand shoulder to shoulder with the defense counsel of an admitted felon who bilked investors of over $3 billion, and against the advocate for investors, the SEC.