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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: xrtoronto on July 07, 2004, 11:02:20 PM
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Enron ex-chairman Kenneth Lay has been indicted in connection with the 2001 collapse of the former US energy giant.
Mr Lay, who is due to before a Houston court on Thursday, said he had done nothing wrong, and that the indictment was "not justified".
Details of the charges against him are contained in sealed indictments and will not be disclosed until then.
Prosecutors have been trying to build a case against Mr Lay for over two years and his indictment had been expected.
In June Mr Lay blamed the fraud on his chief financial officer, Andrew Fastow.
Ultimate responsibility
On Wednesday, the 62-year-old former Enron chairman said he had been notified of the indictment and would surrender early on Thursday.
The firm went bankrupt in December 2001 after it emerged that the company had concealed millions of dollars in debts.
Mr Fastow had devised complex partnerships to hide the true state of affairs from investors. He has since pleaded guilty and accepted a 10-year prison sentence.
The question now is how much Mr Lay knew about the false accounting.
Mr Lay has always claimed he was not aware of the accounting tricks used to disguise Enron's true position.
However, it has previously been widely reported that he was warned about them by middle-managers.
In the aftermath of Enron's collapse, Mr Lay refused to testify before various committees and inquiries on Capitol Hill and has previously limited his comments about the Enron affair to expressing his "profound sadness".
He finally gave an interview last month to the New York Times, in which he accepted that as chairman of the company, he must ultimately be held accountable for what happened.
Enron started out as a simple energy producer, but moved on to become an energy trader selling electricity, gas and water at set prices over the long term.
It is said that it gambled badly on future prices, building up millions of dollars in debt that it tried to hide from its balance books.
source: BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3875297.stm)
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BOOSH IS SATAN DEATH TO BOOSH!
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I agree, let's toss him into a wood-chipper!
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Another clear example of "crime does pay".
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Originally posted by NUKE
I agree, let's toss him into a wood-chipper!
WEINIE-ROAST!
Karaya
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Millionaire con artists in handcuffs...great way to start the day :aok
Let's line em up and force them to work as porters in NYC for 20 years...that'll learn 'em.
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Refresh my memory. How many years did Mrs. Fastow get as an accomplice and co-conspirator? What about the father-in-law who held some of their assets to hide it from the IRS? What about the others who were named as partners in the shell corporations?
Fastow got off easy with only 10years and a fine.
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"I agree, let's toss him into a wood-chipper!"
Get in line. I'm waiting to send Bernie Ebbers (Worldcom) and his asspack thru first.
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the purpose of the cuffs were? afraid he was going to escape or assault an officer? LOL
Lay will walk
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Originally posted by gofaster
Refresh my memory. How many years did Mrs. Fastow get as an accomplice and co-conspirator?
1 Year for tax evasion.
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Originally posted by Eagler
the purpose of the cuffs were? afraid he was going to escape or assault an officer? LOL
Lay will walk
Probably true. It will take years (if not decades) to wade through the documents.
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last time I heard the story of enron on t.v....was this gentlemen crying....
so I turned up the sound to listen...
I worked for Enron for the past 20 years....now today my pension is gone....I was 2 years away from retirement....now I have no more money....they took it all away from me....now I go buy my close at the local Salvation Army....
sad I say