GE's shares tanked 14% on the report where the company was accused of fraud, now its CEO is hitting back.
General Electric's CEO, Larry Culp, reportedly bought roughly $2 million of the company's stock after he and GE were accused of fraud, per CNBC. It comes after accounting expert, Harry Markopolos, released a 175-page report detailing how GE had been committing fraud, saying it was a bigger scandal than Enron and WorldCom combined. Culp hit back at Markopolos, saying that"this is market manipulation – pure and simple." View markets Insider for more stories.
General Electric's CEO, Larry Culp, reportedly bought roughly $2 million of the company's stock after he and GE were accused of fraud, per CNBC. It comes after accounting expert, Harry Markopolos, released a 175-page report detailing how GE had been committing fraud, saying it was a bigger scandal than Enron and WorldCom combined. Culp hit back at Markopolos, saying that"this is market manipulation – pure and simple." View markets Insider for more stories.
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