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Cease-and-Desist Order Against Former Controller of One of the Largest Integrated Steel Manufacturers in the U.S.

In the Matter of Carl M. Apel, Respondent

  • 2001

Respondent, the former controller of National Steel Corporation, was found to have directed the accretion of over-accrued reserve accounts into income, materially inflating the income reported to investors in at least two quarters in 1996 and one quarter in 1997.

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