A Calculated Scheme or Just Naive Accounting?

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NEW YORK The trial of two former Ogilvy & Mather executives accused of inflating bills on the White House’s $1 billion anti-drug account opened Tuesday, with the prosecution arguing that the pair deliberately schemed to rip off the government, while the defense painted them as naive players at an agency that had “no experience whatsoever” dealing with a complicated federal account.

“This is a case about lies and greed,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Kim Berger, in her opening statement at Federal District Court in New York.

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