1.   An accountant who had turned deep throat, he was the first to leak the information that the company had been cooking its books for years.

2.   Here in the United States, if a company you own shares of is cooking the books, you expect the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate.

3.   They also offer important clues as to whether a company is cooking its books.

4.   They would be hesitant, several said, to declare that a state-run company was cooking its books or bloated with far too many workers.

5.   A group of men wore chef uniforms but proclaimed themselves Enron accountants, sharing their belief that the now bankrupt energy trading company cooked the books.

6.   Investors are fearful that more companies cook their books, Wolfe said.

7.   The appointment of the auditor was ordered by the SET, which wanted to clear up the scandal over allegations that the company had cooked its books.