Tyco International: Despite the devastating string of corruption at Fortune 500 corporations the previous decade, some are still allowed to operate as outlaws until the feds stampede in with their flashlights. The corporate tycoon’s congressional friends, wallets fattened by their “campaign contributions,” then go fleeing like roaches for cover into the crevices to hide until the storm passes. By then, the damage is too great and the discovery is too late.
Crime syndicates in suits, like these defendants of Arthur Anderson, once part of the “Big Five” accounting firms of America, depend on the camouflage provided by the public’s obsession on frivolity and trivialities like Tiger Woods’ sex scandal, Bishop Eddie Long’s legal woes and Kim Kardashian’s mattress acrobatics to perpetuate their scandalous ways. They, in essence, hide in plain sight.
