Sullivan’s Trial Venue Request Opposed

WorldCom Inc.’s former chief financial officer, Scott D. Sullivan, once the highest-paid CFO in the U.S., can afford to defend himself against fraud charges in New York, prosecutors said in urging a judge not to transfer the case to Washington.

Sullivan has claimed that a Manhattan trial would impose a financial hardship on him and his family. Sullivan also argued that Washington was “the only proper venue” because the Securities and Exchange Commission and relevant witnesses are there.