Another ex-WorldCom exective has received jail time for her role in the infamous fraud.

Betty Vinson, an accountant at WorldCom, made some of the fraudulent bookeeping entries that made up the scam.

For her efforts she received five months in prison followed by five months of house arrest.

At her trial she admitted making the entries, however she said that superiors had pressured her to make them.

She claimed to have even written a resignation letter in 2000, but did not go through with it.

The total 10 months sentence was far lighter than that for Bernie Ebbers, former WorldCom CEO, who received 25 years.

Vinson was a minor cog in the fraud. However Judg Barbara Jones, commented "Ms. Vinson refused to do what she was asked, it's possible this conspiracy might have been nipped in the bud.''

The former director of corporate reporting, is the first of five former executives who face sentencing after pleading guilty.

The accounts she misrepresented were chosen "out of the air".

Related Articles
Ebbers Handed 25 Years
Internal Controls Ethics and Integrity
Ebbers Defence Starts
WorldCom Verizon Merger Called Off