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ENRON
News:
Ken
Lay News
20080122
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 Corporate
-  Energy
-  Politics
- Enron
-  California
-  University
-  Texas
- "Suit
against bankers tied to Enron debacle is tossed:
In dismissing the appeal by the University of California, nation's high
court appears to have doomed other big cases against former energy trader's
bankers." ... "The Supreme Court today dismissed a huge lawsuit growing
out of the Enron debacle that sought to hold Wall Street bankers liable
for scheming with the executives of the defunct Houston [Texas] energy
trader." ... "Lawyers for investment funds and pension plans, including
the University of California's pension plan, had sued Merrill Lynch and
the other bankers, seeking to recover more than $30 billion that was lost
when Enron folded in 2001." -By David G. Savage
-LAtimes
20060705
-
Ken
Lay - Enron
- Energy
- Business
-
 Accounting
-  Law
-  Colorado
- "Enron's
Founder Kenneth Lay, 64, Dies in Colorado (Update9)."
... "Kenneth Lay, who built Enron Corp. into the world's largest energy
trader and was convicted of the fraud that led to its collapse, died today
near Aspen, Colorado. He was 64." ... "Lay's defense lawyer Mike Ramsey
said through a spokeswoman that his client died ``from what appears to
have been a heart attack.''" ... "Lay and his successor as Enron's chief
executive officer, Jeffrey Skilling, 52, were convicted May 25 of spearheading
the fraud that plunged Enron into bankruptcy in December 2001. Lay and
Skilling were scheduled to be sentenced in October. Lay, who was also convicted
of bank fraud, was facing the rest of his life in federal prison." ...
"Enron's implosion from accounting fraud wiped out more than 5,000 jobs
and $1 billion in employee pensions virtually overnight. Shareholders claimed
more than $25 billion in losses as a result of the crime." -By
Andrew Dunn -Bloomberg
20060525
-
Ken
Lay - Enron
- Business
- Accounting
-
 History
- "Lay,
Skilling convicted in Enron collapse: Kenneth Lay,
left, and Jeffrey Skilling are seen in this file photo combo." ... "Kenneth
Lay and Jeffrey Skilling were convicted of conspiracy and fraud Thursday
by a federal jury that laid blame for one of the biggest business scandals
in U.S. history squarely on Enron Corp.'s two former top executives." ...
"Jurors found that the men, who received tens of millions in pay and stock
options, repeatedly lied to cover up accounting tricks and business failures
that led to the company's 2001 demise. The collapse wiped out more than
$60 billion in market value, almost $2.1 billion in pension plans and 5,600
jobs." ... "Lay was convicted on all six counts of conspiracy, securities
and wire fraud against him in the corporate trial and all four in the personal
banking trial. Former Chief Executive Skilling was convicted on 19 of the
28 counts in the corporate trial, including one count of insider trading,
and acquitted on the remaining nine." -By Kristen
Hays with contributions by Mike Graczyk, Erin McClam, Angela K. Brown and
Mark Sherman -AP
via -SFGate.com
20051228
-
Enron
- Accounting
- Business
- "UPDATE
5-Ex-Enron chief accountant pleads guilty to fraud."
... "Enron's former chief accountant, Richard Causey, on Wednesday pleaded
guilty to securities fraud in exchange for a maximum seven-year jail sentence
for his role in the financial scandal that led to the 2001 collapse of
the power-trading giant." ... "Causey, 45, had been scheduled to go on
trial next month with former Enron chief executives Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling,
facing the possibility of more than 20 years behind bars, but now may cooperate
with federal prosecutors against them in a switch legal experts said could
hurt his former bosses." ... "Causey pleaded guilty to a single count of
securities related to false filings and statements about Enron's financial
performance. He also agreed to forfeit $1.25 million as part of a sentence
that [U.S. District Judge Sim] Lake said would be set April 21." (1, 2,
3)
-By Jeff Franks with contributions by Deborah Charles
and Ben Berkowitz -Reuters
-
Texas
- Enron
- Accounting
- Energy
- Business
- "Enron's
Causey pleads guilty: Judge grants two-week delay
to Lay, Skilling trial." ... "Rather than face trial next month, Enron's
former chief accounting officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges
stemming from the scandal that brought down the energy company in late
2001." ... "Richard Causey's plea bargain, made in U.S. District Court
in Houston [Texas] before Judge Sim Lake, can't be welcome news for Kenneth
Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, the two top ex-Enron executives federal investigators
claim were kingpins in one of the biggest scandals ever to rock corporate
America." ... "At the same time, the deal requires Causey to cooperate
with federal prosecutors honing their case against his onetime bosses and
raises the possibility of his taking the witness stand against them." -By
Jim Jelter -MarketWatch
20040712
-
- "Lay
surrenders to authorities: Ex-Enron CEO turns himself
in after indictment, pleads not guilty in massive accounting fraud." ...
"In the 11-count indictment, Lay was accused of lying to the public, investors
and Enron employees in charges that include securities and wire fraud and
making false statements." ... "He pleaded not guilty to all charges and
was released on $500,000 bail." ... "In a related move, the Securities
and Exchange Commission accused Lay in a civil complaint that seeks more
than $90 million. It also seeks to bar him from serving as an officer or
director of a public company." -By Krysten Crawford
with contributions by Jen Rogers -CNN
20040707
-
-
- "Enron's
Lay indicted: Former Enron CEO [Kenneth Lay] indicted
by grand jury in Houston, says he's "done nothing wrong."" ... "Enron filed
for bankruptcy Dec. 2, 2001 after investigators found it had used partnerships
to conceal more than $1 billion in debt and inflate profits. The company
once ranked as the country's seventh-largest." ... "To date the federal
government has launched 30 separate prosecutions related to Enron's implosion,
including a criminal case that brought down auditor Arthur Andersen two
years ago and criminal probes of about 20 former Enron employees. Of those,
11 have resulted in convictions or guilty pleas." -By
Krysten Crawford and Kelli Arena -CNN
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- [PDF]
"United
States of America V. Richard A. Causey, Jeffrey K. Skilling, and Kenneth
Lay, Defendents." [65 pages] ... "Superseding
Indictment." -From the "United States District Court
Southern District of Texas Houston Division." via
-FindLaw /LegalNews/Documents
20040421
-
Enron
News - "Ex-Enron
CEO Broke Terms of Release -Prosecutors." ... "Prosecutors
charged on Wednesday that former Enron chief executive Jeff Skilling broke
the terms of his $5 million bond during a bizarre alcohol-fueled fracas
in New York earlier this month." ... "The court filing says Skilling's
blood alcohol level was 0.19 -- more than twice the legal limit in most
U.S. states -- when police sent him to the hospital at 4 a.m. on April
9." ... "Officers described Skilling as "uncooperative and intoxicated"
and deemed him "an emotionally disturbed person" because he was accusing
bar patrons of being undercover agents for the Federal Bureau of Investigation."
(1, 2)
-By C. Bryson Hull -Reuters
20040219
-
- "The
hearing: 'I plead not guilty to all counts'." ...
"Jeffrey Skilling, former Enron chief executive, surrendered to the FBI
on Thursday to face a 42-count indictment, but he remained as defiant as
ever that he was innocent." ... "Prosecutors outlined the charges against
Mr Skilling, which range from conspiracy to insider trading, and said he
faced up to 325 years in prison and more than $80m in fines if convicted."
-By Sheila McNulty -FT.com
-
-
- "Enron's
ex-CEO Skilling surrenders to FBI." ... "Skilling,
50, entered FBI headquarters in Houston accompanied by about six attorneys
at 6:52 local time." -Reuters
via -Forbes
20040115
-
-
- "Ex-Enron
executive, wife plead guilty: Andrew Fastow is the
highest-ranking Enron executive to plead guilty in the scandal surrounding
the energy company's dramatic disintegration." ... "Andrew Fastow, chief
architect of the off-the-books deals that brought down Enron, pleaded guilty
along with his wife Wednesday in a deal that could take prosecutors to
the top of the corporate ladder at the scandal-ridden company." ... "The
former finance chief agreed to a 10-year prison sentence and will help
prosecutors build a case against the executives who once occupied the most
opulent offices on the company's top floor: former Chairman Kenneth Lay
and former Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling." -By
Kristen Hays-Miami/Herald
20040108
-
- "Judge
OKs Lea Fastow plea deal: The agreement could clear
the way for a separate pact with her husband, the ex-CFO of Enron." ...
"A federal judge Thursday said he will accept a guilty plea from the wife
of a former top Enron executive that would mean prison time for her and
may also lead to a stiff sentence for her husband, ex-Enron CFO Andrew
Fastow." ... "U.S. District Judge David Hittner said Lea Fastow, a former
assistant treasurer at Enron, could come in as early as Thursday afternoon
to change her plea to guilty, adding he was still considering whether to
reduce her sentence to five months from a possible term of more than
10 years." -CNN
20030501
-
-
- "Prosecutors
set to charge more Enron executives." ... "Federal
prosecutors are expected as early as Thursday to bring charges against
additional executives from Enron's Broadband Services division, including
Ken Rice, the former head of the group." ... "The expected charges against
Mr Rice are significant because he was a top lieutenant of Jeff Skilling,
the Houston energy company's former chief executive, and may ultimately
be convinced to help prosecutors work their way up the company's executive
ladder." -By Joshua Chaffin
-FT.com
20021217
-
- "Panel
seeks Andersen attorney probe: House committee
asks DOJ to look at whether Nancy Temple committed perjury in Enron trial."
... "The House Energy and Commerce Committee ended its probe of Andersen's
role in the collapse of energy trader Enron by asking the Justice Department
Tuesday to look at whether Andersen in-house lawyer Nancy Temple was truthful
during congressional testimony." -Reuters
via -CNN /fn
20021103
-
- "Enron
loss major blow to law firm: Vinson & Elkins
regroups after hit." ... "Dynegy has experienced it. So, too, has Arthur
Andersen." ... "And now the city's largest law firm, a historical pillar
of Houston's downtown establishment, is suffering through the repercussions
that come from a too-close association with Enron Corp." ... "A year after
Enron's collapse, Vinson & Elkins is beginning to jettison some of
its partners -- something that is rarely done at major law firms." -By
L. M. Sixel -HoustonChronicle.com
20021031
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"Ex-Enron
Executive Indicted on 78 Counts." ... "A federal
grand jury on Thursday handed up a 78-count indictment accusing fired Enron
executive Andrew Fastow of engaging in fraud, money laundering, and other
crimes to enrich himself and create the "illusion of business skill and
success" at the ruined energy giant." ... "The indictment added a new charge
that Fastow, 40, allegedly obstructed justice by trying to persuade former
protege Michael Kopper, who is cooperating with prosecutors, to destroy
computer records." ... "The order to Kopper, who pleaded guilty Aug. 21
and implicated his former boss in a series of fraud and kickback schemes,
came in August and September 2001." -By C. Bryson
Hull -Reuters/Business
20021017
-
- "CHRONOLOGY-
California power crisis investigations." ... "A former
top Enron Corp. electricity trader pleaded guilty Thursday to inflating
prices during the California energy crisis, confirming the suspicions of
state officials who are demanding billions of dollars in refunds." ...
"Timothy Belden, who was employed by Enron as the head of its western power
trading unit in Portland, agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy
to commit wire fraud, federal prosecutors said."
-Reuters via -Fortune
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Enron Humor:
20020813
Enron
101 - macromedia flash cartoon explaining in remarkably
simple, pointed, and direct terms, Enron's saga, from rise to fall. -NoMoreEnrons.com
20020214
"Comics
laugh all way to bank at the expense of Enron execs."
...
""You know
what Ken Lay had for breakfast this morning? Shredded wheat," Jay Leno
jokes."
.
"Dennis
Miller asks: "Wouldn't it be great if all of Osama bin Laden's money was
tied up in Enron stock?"" -AP
via -HoustonChronicle.com
20020208
"My
secret was safe with Dick, and for that the V.P. will always be my hero."
-TomDancingBug
-By Ruben
Bolling -Salon
20020203
"Enron
was, in layman's terms, a nest of dirtballs."
-By Dave
Barry -Miami
Herald
20020124
Comics
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and Debbie Vist Enron." and get economics explained
by the 'Invisible Hand.' -TomTheDancingBug
via -Salon /comics
20011210
Comics
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on the front - Enron in the background. -Pat
Oliphant -uComics
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