The company's "books were routinely kept open until revenues exceeded projected goals.
"[8] Specifics were described as "a scheme to inflate sales and profits by pretending lucrative contracts were signed earlier than, in fact, they had been.
[9] To support this violation of law, faxes of contracts were "cleaned up ... by removing time stamps .."[10] The most immediate impact was that it "cost investors hundreds of millions of dollars,"[8] although unlike the matters of Worldcom and Enron, to which it was compared, "Computer Associates - since renamed CA Inc - did not go bankrupt.
"[9] An overview by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania wrote that corporate directors, upon seeing signs of "35-day month ... 'the three-day window ... (and) flash period" "should be especially vigilant.
"[11] Reporting at the time added "other former executives have been indicted or fired;"[6] "several... have pleaded guilty to criminal charges.