...investment returns from 2002 and 2003, fiscal years affected by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and corporate accounting scandals, the fund's directors and state officials said. The fund's performance is actually on an upswing, the...

...York at age 69. In 2002, WorldCom former controller David Myers pleaded guilty to securities fraud, saying he was told by "senior management" to falsify records in what became the largest corporate accounting scandal in U.S. history.

...AOL Time Warner. The settlements are the product of a decision several years ago to monitor the effects of corporate accounting scandals and understand the legal options.

...securities fraud, saying he was told by "senior management" to falsify records in what became the largest corporate accounting scandal in U.S. history. (Myers was later sentenced to one year and one day in prison.) Four employees and a...