"The audit firm - still embroiled in the Enron affair - goes on trial for allegedly failing to spot one of its clients was defrauding investors." By David Schepp. [BBC News]

"The U.S. government charged Andersen with a single count of obstruction of justice, saying the firm destroyed 'tons of paper' and deleted huge numbers of computer files on its audits of Enron." By Dan Ackman. [Forbes]

"The courtroom - not lawyers - steal the show during the first day of the Arthur Andersen trial, thanks to construction and other distractions." [BBC News]

"Arthur Andersen LLP pleaded innocent Wednesday to criminal charges that it obstructed justice by shredding tons of documents and deleting computer files related to Enron Corp." By Kristen Hays. [AP]

"Arthur Andersen which is still reeling from an indictment for obstruction of justice, was yesterday barred from working with the US government."

"The federal government has indicted Arthur Andersen -- the entire accounting firm with 85,000 employees worldwide -- on a single count of obstruction of justice." By Lou Dobbs. [CNN]

Text of the indictment against Andersen.

"Accountants Andersen and former sister company Accenture helped develop many of the key elements of New Labour's best known policies." [BBC News]

BBC News Online examines how the once highly-respected accounting giant fell from grace.

BBC News Online looks at the events which ended in one of the world's leading accounting firms being convicted for obstructing justice.

"Arthur Andersen is fined after a US watchdog claimed the firm had betrayed shareholders by filing misleading accounts." [BBC News]