Call it the sleeper corporate fraud...

National Century Financial Enterprises never got the publicity of a WorldCom, Health South or Enron. But there's nothing minor about the $1.5 billion fraud allegedly perpetrated by company executives prior to National Century's fall in 2002 (the firm declared bankruptcy in 2004).

Two former National Century owners and three execs go on trial Monday in Columbus, Ohio. One exception is former CEO Lance Poulsen. His fraud trial starts in August. But before then he'll have to answer to charges of witness tampering. That trial starts in March.

Here are a few more case-related stats via the AP.

-- MDT

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