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Is it legal to take advantage of loopholes in GAAP to misrepresent profit?

Per the title, say that "Jordan" discovers a previously-unknown loophole in GAAP which allows him to greatly finesse his company's financial statements. This significantly improves his company's apparent performance (which is in actuality quite…
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