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Adelphia Communications  

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  • CREATED AND FOUNDED by John J. Rigas, Adelphia Communications grew in the 1990s to become one of the largest cable media providers in the United States. Because of its size, investors and shareholders were shocked when they learned that the company filed for bankruptcy in June 2002. [Source: Encyclopedia of White-Collar & Corporate Crime; Adelphia Communications]

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