Senate OKs penalties for corporate fraud

Thursday, July 11, 2002

WASHINGTON -- A unified Senate approved harsh new penalties Wednesday for corporate fraud and document shredding, adding enforcement teeth to President Bush's plan to curb a growing wave of accounting scandals.

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