Former WorldCom CEO released from jail for health reasons
The judge said his mental and physical condition had worsened with his weight dropping from more than 90kg in 2018 to 62kg earlier in December
19 December 2019 - 18:43
Manhattan — Bernard Ebbers, the former WorldCom CEO, was ordered freed from prison, almost eight years before he was due to be released.
On Wednesday, a federal judge in Manhattan granted compassionate release to Ebbers, who has served more than 13 years of a 25-year sentence for orchestrating an $11bn accounting fraud that bankrupted the company. US district judge Valerie Caproni said Ebbers’s health is failing and that letting him out early does not minimise the impact of his punishment...
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