STATEMENT BY DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL LARRY D. THOMPSON

The following press release was published by the US Department of Justice on Oct. 16, 2002. It is reproduced in full below.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2002 WWW.USDOJ.GOV DAG (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C.- "We are pleased with the sentence handed down today in the Arthur Andersen case. When a business organization breeds a culture of deceit and contempt for the law, the organization itself must be held accountable. Today's sentencing, the maximum permissible by statute, shows that companies that break the law, as well as individuals who break the law, will be soundly punished." 02-597

Source: US Department of Justice