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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:company
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gptkbp:acquiredBy
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gptkb:Verizon_Communications
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gptkbp:acquisitionYear
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2006
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gptkbp:category
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defunct companies of the United States
companies involved in accounting scandals
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gptkbp:delistedDate
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2002
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gptkbp:fate
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gptkb:bankruptcy
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gptkbp:filedForBankruptcy
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July 21, 2002
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gptkbp:founded
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1983
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gptkbp:founder
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gptkb:Murray_Waldron
gptkb:William_Rector
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gptkbp:headquartersLocation
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gptkb:Clinton,_Mississippi,_United_States
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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WorldCom, Inc.
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gptkbp:industry
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telecommunications
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gptkbp:keyPerson
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gptkb:Bernard_Ebbers
gptkb:Scott_Sullivan
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gptkbp:mergedInto
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gptkb:MCI_Communications
1998
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gptkbp:notableEmployee
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gptkb:Cynthia_Cooper
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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accounting scandal
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gptkbp:numberOfEmployees
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approximately 88,000 (at peak)
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gptkbp:originalName
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gptkb:Long_Distance_Discount_Services,_Inc._(LDDS)
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gptkbp:products
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data transmission services
internet services
long distance telephone services
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gptkbp:renamed
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gptkb:WorldCom,_Inc.
1995
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gptkbp:scandalAmount
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over $11 billion
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:MCI_Inc.
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gptkbp:tradedOn
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gptkb:NASDAQ:_WCOM
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gptkbp:whistleblower
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gptkb:Cynthia_Cooper
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:SEC_v._WorldCom
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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