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US`s FBI recovered 29,000 files deleted from Arthur Andersen computers

HOUSTON, TX (AFX) - Investigators recovered more than 29,000 electronic files and e-mails deleted from Arthur Andersen computers before a federal probe was launched, a FBI agent testified Friday.

Paula Schanzle, an FBI white-collar crime specialist who is believed to be the last prosecution witness in the obstruction of justice trial against the audit firm, said the documents filled 26 boxes after being recovered and printed.

Andersen is accused of destroying tonnes of paper documents and thousands of electronic files from its client Enron to hide its role in accounting irregularities at the energy firm before its spectacular meltdown last year.

Prosecutors contend the Chicago-based accounting firm was seeking to destroy information because it feared further disciplinary action from federal regulators, which had already placed Andersen on probation for earlier sloppy accounting.

Schanzle also testified that Andersen partner Thomas Bauer was uncooperative during questioning by authorities, but that other employees at the Andersen offices in Houston interpreted his remarks as an order to destroy Enron documents.

She testified that two other Andersen staffers had asked Bauer about their priorities in the jobs and that Bauer "said that is was very apparent that they needed to get into compliance with the firm`s document retention policy."

Andersen`s defense is based on the assumption that documents were routinely destroyed under this policy, although prosecutors argue that the anticipation of a probe into Enron prompted a flurry of activity at the audit firm.

Bauer`s employees interpreted his comments as instructions to destroy paper documents and electronic files related to Enron, Schanzle testified.

Prosecutors were expected to rest their case later Friday, setting the stage for motions to dismiss the case and a limited defense presentation in a trial expected to conclude next week.

Andersen`s worldwide network has unraveled since its indictment earlier this year, and it has lost most of its major publicly traded audit clients.

But a conviction would likely prevent any effort to reorganise the company and continue as an accounting firm.

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Stimmt, der Future ist tatsächlich erschreckend hoch....

...and down

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