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Andersen Faces Another Trial "The audit firm - still embroiled in the Enron affair - goes on trial for allegedly failing to spot one of its clients was defrauding investors." By David Schepp. [BBC News] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1960667.stm

The Andersen Trial At-a-Glance BBC News Online looks at the events which ended in one of the world's leading accounting firms being convicted for obstructing justice. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1970463.stm

Andersen Trial Starts with a Bang "The courtroom - not lawyers - steal the show during the first day of the Arthur Andersen trial, thanks to construction and other distractions." [BBC News] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1974135.stm

Indictment (U.S. v. Arthur Andersen, LLP) Text of the indictment against Andersen. http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/enron/usandersen030702ind.html

Labour's Arthur Andersen Links "Accountants Andersen and former sister company Accenture helped develop many of the key elements of New Labour's best known policies." [BBC News] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1791168.stm

Q&A: Andersen in Court BBC News Online examines how the once highly-respected accounting giant fell from grace. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1971027.stm

Top Accountant Fined $7M "Arthur Andersen is fined after a US watchdog claimed the firm had betrayed shareholders by filing misleading accounts." [BBC News] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1397640.stm

Dobbs Questions Andersen Indictment "The federal government has indicted Arthur Andersen -- the entire accounting firm with 85,000 employees worldwide -- on a single count of obstruction of justice." By Lou Dobbs. [CNN] (March 19, 2002) http://money.cnn.com/2002/03/19/commentary/dobbs/dobbs/

Bush Bars Andersen "Arthur Andersen which is still reeling from an indictment for obstruction of justice, was yesterday barred from working with the US government." (March 16, 2002) http://www.guardian.co.uk/bush/story/0,7369,668409,00.html

Andersen Indictment and Consequences "The U.S. government charged Andersen with a single count of obstruction of justice, saying the firm destroyed 'tons of paper' and deleted huge numbers of computer files on its audits of Enron." By Dan Ackman. [Forbes] (March 15, 2002) http://www.forbes.com/home/2002/03/15/0315topnews.html