Defendant Name:
Adelphia Communications Corp.
Defendant Type:
Public Company
SIC Code:
4840
CUSIP:
00684810
Document Reference:
complaint_02-cv-05776
Document Details
Legal Case Name
SEC v. Adelphia Communications Corporation, John J. Rigas, Timothy J. Rigas, Michael J. Rigas, James P. Rigas, James R. Brown, and Michael C. Mulcahey
Document Name
Complaint
Document Date
24-Jul-2002
Document Format
Civil Proceeding
Case Number
02-cv-05776
Federal District Court
New York, Southern District of New York
Allegation Type
Issuer Reporting and Disclosure
Document Summary
The SEC stated: "This case concerns one of the most extensive financial frauds ever to take place at a public company. From at least 1998 through March 2002, Adelphia - the nation's sixth largest cable-television company - systematically and fraudulently excluded billions of dollars in liabilities form its consolidated financial statements by hiding them on the books of off-balance sheet affiliates. It also inflated earnings to meet Wall Street's expectations, falsified operations statistics, and concealed blatant self-dealing by the family that founded and controlled Adelphia, the Rigas Family."
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