Lehman Execs Insist Hiding $50 Billion Totally Not a Big Deal Pareene · 03/17/10 12:12PM You know how Lehman Brothers used technically legal (but deceptive) accounting tricks to made $50 billion disappear? Lehman execs are like, whatevs. "They just want to be mad and don't know what they're talking about and want to be outraged."