Defendant Name:
General Electric Company
Defendant Type:
Public Company
SIC Code:
3511
CUSIP:
36960410
Document Reference:
comp21166
Document Details
Legal Case Name
SEC v. General Electric Company
Document Name
Complaint
Document Date
04-Aug-2009
Document Format
Civil Proceeding
Case Number
09-cv-01235
Federal District Court
Connecticut, District of Connecticut
Allegation Type
Issuer Reporting and Disclosure
Document Summary
The SEC stated: "Starting in 2002 and continuing through 2003, the General Electric Company ("GE"), a publicly-traded company headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, acting primarily through senior corporate accountants, made a number of improper accounting decisions which resulted in its reporting materially false or misleading results in its financial statements and earnings reports in 2002 and 2003 and which required additional adjustments through 2006."