WorldCom Committed Financial Statement Fraud By

question 11

Multiple Choice

WorldCom committed financial statement fraud by:

• A) expensing items that should have been capitalized.
• B) understating net income.
• C) using IFRS to make the company look better.
• D) capitalizing items that should have been expensed.

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