Cynthia Cooper has certainly has managed to parlay her having been at Worldcom at the time of the pre-bankruptcy fraud into a highly profitable endeavor. She has written a book, won numerous awards, and receives up to $25,000 per public speaking appearance. Not exactly the type of retribution which normally is hurled upon a whistle-blower. One of the legitimate whistleblowers on Worldcom is Eugene Morse: United States District Judge Dennis Cote specifically found that it was Eugene Morse "who worked in WorldCom’s Internal Audit department, [and] was the single most important individual in the discovery of the scheme at WorldCom". Judge Cote only found that Cynthia Cooper was supportive of Morse's efforts. The financial windfall for and public adulation of Cooper are nothing compared with the travesty of the continuing cover up and retribution against additional whistle-blowers related to mega case fraud resulting in or from bankruptcy cases such as Worldcom / MCI. Consider the actions of Eliot Spitzer as he covered up the death threat made against the whistleblower to the post bankruptcy fraud by the bankruptcy case professionals of Worldcom for the benefit of their conflicted hedge fund clients. Look at the eToys billion dollar IPO after which the assets disappeared in the bankruptcy court, or shall we say were sold for pennies to conflicted hedge fund clients of the bankruptcy case professionals. The official liquidation agent became a whistleblower instead of accepting bribes or running from threats, and it cost him his business - and then it turns out that the DOJ official to which he filed his complaint hid the fact that he was formerly a partner at the very same Biglaw law firm at the time the activities occurred. Great that Cynthia Cooper has won over a half a dozen awards, but why won't the media report on the struggles of true whistleblowers instead of cow-towing to the media arm twisting of Biglaw firms as they work arm and arm with their organized crime clients? Remember, Eliot Spitzer was just exposed as having illegally protected one protitution ring (a/k/a organized crime) at the same time that he prosecuted their competitors. Why not investigate some of the criminal referral documents that Spitzer chose to burn against his oath as he suppressed investigations against his cronies? What about Stage Stores? Whatever happened to true investigative journalism?
Cynthia Cooper was not the hero, it was Eugene Morse
Cynthia Cooper has certainly has managed to parlay her having been at Worldcom at the time of the pre-bankruptcy fraud into a highly profitable endeavor. She has written a book, won numerous awards, and receives up to $25,000 per public speaking appearance. Not exactly the type of retribution which normally is hurled upon a whistle-blower. One of the legitimate whistleblowers on Worldcom is Eugene Morse: United States District Judge Dennis Cote specifically found that it was Eugene Morse "who worked in WorldCom’s Internal Audit department, [and] was the single most important individual in the discovery of the scheme at WorldCom". Judge Cote only found that Cynthia Cooper was supportive of Morse's efforts. The financial windfall for and public adulation of Cooper are nothing compared with the travesty of the continuing cover up and retribution against additional whistle-blowers related to mega case fraud resulting in or from bankruptcy cases such as Worldcom / MCI. Consider the actions of Eliot Spitzer as he covered up the death threat made against the whistleblower to the post bankruptcy fraud by the bankruptcy case professionals of Worldcom for the benefit of their conflicted hedge fund clients. Look at the eToys billion dollar IPO after which the assets disappeared in the bankruptcy court, or shall we say were sold for pennies to conflicted hedge fund clients of the bankruptcy case professionals. The official liquidation agent became a whistleblower instead of accepting bribes or running from threats, and it cost him his business - and then it turns out that the DOJ official to which he filed his complaint hid the fact that he was formerly a partner at the very same Biglaw law firm at the time the activities occurred. Great that Cynthia Cooper has won over a half a dozen awards, but why won't the media report on the struggles of true whistleblowers instead of cow-towing to the media arm twisting of Biglaw firms as they work arm and arm with their organized crime clients? Remember, Eliot Spitzer was just exposed as having illegally protected one protitution ring (a/k/a organized crime) at the same time that he prosecuted their competitors. Why not investigate some of the criminal referral documents that Spitzer chose to burn against his oath as he suppressed investigations against his cronies? What about Stage Stores? Whatever happened to true investigative journalism?