--- title: Enron date: "2002-07-01T12:00:00Z" categories: - links wp_id: 1297 description: I'm documenting the wave of massive accounting scandals from 2002, tracking the financial collapses and corporate fraud cases involving Enron, WorldCom, Xerox, and Tyco as they unfolded across the global business sector. keywords: [enron, worldcom, accounting scandals, corporate fraud, xerox, tyco, financial regulation] --- Accounting scandals: [Enron](http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1780000/1780075.stm), [Worldcom](http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/enterprise/story/0,2000025001,20266267,00.htm), [Xerox](http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,746299,00.html), Tyco, Elan, ... there's [more](http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_2066000/2066962.stm). (4 July update: [Vivendi](http://www.msnbc.com/news/775184.asp))