Eugene Morse is an American

internal audit Internal auditing is an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve an organization's operations. It helps an organization accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to ...

or and

whistleblower A whistleblower (also written as whistle-blower or whistle blower) is a person, often an employee, who reveals information about activity within a private or public organization that is deemed illegal, immoral, illicit, unsafe or fraudulent. Whi ...

who uncovered massive accounting fraud at

WorldCom MCI, Inc. (subsequently Worldcom and MCI WorldCom) was a telecommunications company. For a time, it was the second largest long-distance telephone company in the United States, after AT&T. Worldcom grew largely by acquiring other telecommunic ...

in 2002. Denise Cote, the United States District Judge who presided over the litigation related to the pre-petition Worldcom fraud officially found: Morse earned his master's degree in business administration from

Tulane University Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into a comprehensive pub ...

, and went on to become a

chartered financial analyst The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program is a postgraduate professional certification offered internationally by the American-based CFA Institute (formerly the Association for Investment Management and Research, or AIMR) to investment and fina ...

, a certified internal auditor, and a certified public accountant. Morse began his career at WorldCom in 1997 as part of the Financial Management Associate program and performed his duties in various WorldCom departments, including Internal Audit, International Settlements, Revenue Accounting, Budget, General Accounting, and Financial Planning. Cynthia Cooper, widely credited as the person who exposed the massive fraud, was the head of the Internal Audit department at Worldcom and "encouraged Morse throughout his investigation" and reported the findings to the audit committee of WorldCom's board of directors on June 20, 2002.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morse, Eugene American accountants Living people Tulane University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) American whistleblowers CFA charterholders