Deanna Coleman testified that starting in 1994, Tom Petters asked her to falsify corporate earnings statements in addition to purchase orders.

Coleman testified Petters hired Bob White in the late 90s because he needed someone who could falsify bank statements and White knew how to do that. White has already pleaded guilty in the case and will testify later.

Coleman testified White's office at corporate headquarters was always full of purchase orders that were cut and pasted. Coleman said Petters was so concerned that an investor would wander into White's office that he had White get a second office that was not inside the corporate headquarters.

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