Yet not a single director stood up in support of my efforts to expose what had taken place . '' NEW : Olympus board will appoint a panel to decide on legal action against ex - executives . An independent panel report said Olympus ' ` ` should remove its malignant management '' The panel found $ 1.7 billion of hidden losses from its investments in the 1990s . Report : ` ` The management was rotten to the core , and to those around it ''
NEW : Olympus board will appoint a panel to decide on legal action against ex - executives . An independent panel report said Olympus ' ` ` should remove its malignant management '' The panel found $ 1.7 billion of hidden losses from its investments in the 1990s . Report : ` ` The management was rotten to the core , and to those around it ''