I'd argue there have been plenty of examples of large corporations delivering rosy figures, until they could no longer sustain the lie. Some years ago, I got a

I'd argue there have been plenty of examples of large corporations delivering rosy figures, until they could no longer sustain the lie. Some years ago, I got an investment club to put some of our money in Harley-Davidson, based on numbers that hit our criteria perfectly. Too perfectly. A few months later, the CEO resigned, revised numbers came out, it became clear they'd been more or less cooking the books, and the stock tanked. This happens a lot. Worse, it happens with stock market darlings. Remember Enron?