Ebbers Plans to Testify in His Own Defense
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Former WorldCom Inc. Chief Executive Bernard J. Ebbers plans to take the witness stand in his own defense Monday at his federal accounting fraud trial in New York, a defense lawyer said.
In a meeting with the judge overseeing the case, defense lawyer Brian Heberlig said, “I think there is a very high probability that Mr. Ebbers will testify Monday.”
Ebbers, accused of orchestrating an $11-billion accounting fraud at WorldCom -- now MCI Inc. -- has maintained that he did nothing wrong. Still, having him testify opens him up to an extremely risky cross-examination by prosecutors.
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