Scott D. Sullivan is the former chief financial officer, secretary, treasurer, and a board member of WorldCom, who was convicted as part of WorldCom's $3.8 billion accounting fraud, at the time the largest scandal of its kind in U.S. history.
Sullivan attended Bethlehem Central High School in Delmar, New York.
[2] During this time, he put on ostentatious displays of wealth, including building a 24,000 sq ft (2,200 m2) mansion in Boca Raton, Florida.
Sullivan was asked to resign by the company's board of directors; he refused, and was fired.
[4] In August of that year, Sullivan was arrested and charged with seven counts related to fraud at WorldCom.