If, however, Rodriguez intentionally manipulated the numbers to deceive Congress, he broke the law, according to Andrew McBride, who served in the Department of Justice for a decade and is now a partner with the Washington D.C.-based D.C.-basedf Wilaw Rein.
The United States had been conducting an investigation into suspicions that ING employees had intentionally manipulated and deleted information on more than 20,000 transactions, allowing individuals in countries under sanctions to move money through the United States.
But Dr. Kessler is perhaps best known for his efforts to investigate and regulate the tobacco industry, and his accusation that cigarette makers intentionally manipulated nicotine content to make their products more addictive.
The report, issued Saturday, concluded that Enron executives intentionally manipulated profits, inflating them by almost $1 billion in the year before the company's collapse through byzantine dealings with a group of partnerships.
A report from the board special committee concluded earlier this month that company executives intentionally manipulated the company's profits, inflating them by almost $1 billion in the year before Enron's collapse through byzantine dealings with the partnerships.
A report from a special committee of the Enron Corporation's board concluded yesterday that executives intentionally manipulated the company's profits, inflating them by almost $1 billion in the year before Enron's collapse through byzantine dealings with a group of partnerships.
