As the economy turned sour in 1987, Bergen Bank’s leadership faced a dilemma: report massive losses and face a stock price collapse, or hide the losses. They chose the latter.
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The "scandal" was not that the bank lost money (many banks did), but they hid it. This involved specific illegal accounting practices: As the economy turned sour in 1987, Bergen