WorldCom's Ebbers gets 25 year sentence. worldcoms ebbers gets 25 year sentence. Bernard Ebbers, who as the once-swaggering CEO of WorldCom oversaw the largest corporate fraud in US history, wept in court Wednesday when a judge sentenced him to 25 years in prison - the toughest sentence yet in the string of recent corporate scandals. Bernard Ebbers, who as the once-swaggering CEO of WorldCom oversaw the largest corporate fraud in US history, wept in court Wednesday when a judge sentenced him to 25 years in prison - the toughest sentence yet in the string of recent corporate scandals. Ebbers, now 63, would go to prison in October and not be eligible for release until he was 85....

Bernard Ebbers, the former chief executive of Worldcom Inc, on Tuesday was found guilty on all counts of conspiracy, securities fraud and filing of false documents in a $11 billion accounting scheme that led to the telecom giant's bankruptcy. Bernard Ebbers, the former chief executive of Worldcom Inc, on Tuesday was found guilty on all counts of conspiracy, securities fraud and filing of false documents in a $11 billion accounting scheme that led to the telecom giant’s bankruptcy....

A former WorldCom director of management who helped prepare financial documents, Vinson testified for the government in the trial of former Chief Executive Bernard Ebbers....