General Electric Co, embroiled in controversy over its low 2010 U.S. tax bill, was the target of a bogus press release claiming that it would donate billions of dollars to the federal government.
The official-looking release, complete with the GE logo and slogan “imagination at work”, said that GE would send its $3.2 billion tax refund from 2010 back to Washington.
The Yes Men, an activist group known for issuing hoax statements claiming major attitude changes in corporate America, said it sent the release in an e-mail to media outlets on Wednesday.
AP Punk’d with Fake GE News Release
April 14, 2011 at 4:38 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: AP, GE, Hoax, Oops, taxes, Yes Men
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