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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 July 2022
Had Xerox reported its revenues and earnings consistent with its accounting in earlier years, Xerox would have failed to meet Wall Street earnings-per-share expectations in 11 of 12 quarters in 1997–1999. Securities and Exchange Commission, 2002 While it did not receive the same attention as the cases arising out of the Enron and WorldCom frauds, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) enforcement action against Xerox was significant because it was the first where the agency imposed a significant penalty on a corporate defendant for misleading investors about its financial results. The case was part of a concerted effort beginning in the latter half of the 1990s to address misstatements by public companies to meet market projections of quarterly earnings. Because many of the issues raised in public company securities fraud cases were present in the Xerox case, it provides an ideal introduction to the subject of securities fraud.
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