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The Motley Fool January 8, 2004 Bill Mann |
A Step Closer to Ken Lay? The first of Enron's top brass may be closing plea bargains with time in the slammer. |
BusinessWeek December 18, 2006 |
Corporate Justice Recent decisions in cases involving Enron, Computer Associates and WorldCom. |
The Motley Fool February 19, 2004 Bill Mann |
Another Brick in the Enron Wall Prosecutors get their biggest prize to date: Enron executive Jeff Skilling. |
BusinessWeek March 1, 2004 France, Zellner & McNamee |
The Case Against Jeff Skilling Enron prosecutors haven't been dragging their feet. The problem is, with few of the ex-CEO's directives in writing, there are no smoking guns |
BusinessWeek November 24, 2003 Mike France |
Heiress In Handcuffs Lea Fastow is charged with helping husband Andy orchestrate the white-collar crime of the century. Now she could be the key to nailing Enron's top dogs. |
BusinessWeek June 12, 2006 Maria Bartiromo |
The Ones Who Got Away If the Enron saga has a truth teller, it's Sherron Watkins, the whistleblowing executive who at least tried to do the right thing. Watkins hasn't been shy about speaking to the media or going on the lecture circuit. But her candor here may surprise you. |
The Motley Fool May 7, 2004 Seth Jayson |
Another Fastow in the Slammer Enron's Lea Fastow gets a year behind bars for her efforts to hide her husband's frauds. |
BusinessWeek February 6, 2006 Anthony Bianco |
Ken Lay's Audacious Ignorance Even if one of America's worst ex-CEOs beats the rap - and he just might - history's verdict will be harsh. |
CFO Joseph McCafferty |
Laundry Time Prosecutors are applying money laundering laws to the recent crop of financial scandals. |
BusinessWeek May 8, 2006 Lorraine Woellert |
The-Reporter-Did-It-Defense Ken Lay claims the press sped Enron's fall by scaring investors. Does he have a case? |
The Motley Fool October 14, 2009 David Williamson |
The Daily Walk of Shame: Jeffrey Skilling Jeffrey Skilling, former president of Enron, was convicted on charges of fraud, conspiracy, and insider trading and forced to serve 292 months, a little over 24 years, in federal prison. What's he up to now? |
CFO April 1, 2003 Julia Homer |
They ARE Out to Get You So far, relatively few executives have gone to jail for white-collar crimes. That may be about to change. |
Salon.com January 29, 2002 Jake Tapper |
How to be an Enron millionaire According to former colleagues, two executives reaped million-dollar windfalls by investing $6,000 apiece in the company's partnership scam. A case study in corporate rot... |
BusinessWeek March 21, 2005 Wendy Zellner |
Inside Enron's House of Cards Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story by Kurt Eichenwald offers the liveliest and probably the best Enron account so far. |
The Motley Fool July 8, 2004 Bill Mann |
Lay Surrenders, Pleads Not Guilty It took more than two years for to make a case against the executive who lorded over Enron's collapse that federal prosecutors think will stick. |
BusinessWeek June 12, 2006 Mark Gimein |
The Skilling Trap Skilling and Lay sacrificed the spirit of the law for the letter. They're not alone. |
BusinessWeek May 13, 2010 |
Former Hewlett-Packard Chairman Patricia Dunn The former Hewlett-Packard chairman on fighting criminal fraud charges in 2006 after a company investigation of leaks to reporters |
BusinessWeek July 26, 2004 Paula Dwyer |
The SEC To Top Execs: Read The Fine Print The Ken Lay criminal indictment has overshadowed the parallel SEC civil lawsuit. But corporate insiders and their attorneys would be wise to give the SEC complaint a close read. |
BusinessWeek February 6, 2006 Jane Sasseen |
White-Collar Crime: Who Does Time? Corporate criminals are punished more harshly today than in the '80s, but hands-off executives may still face better odds. |
Salon.com February 8, 2002 Jake Tapper |
Making a Skilling Anyone who thinks Enron executives can't be all bad didn't see them before Congress Thursday... |
BusinessWeek January 24, 2005 Woellert & France |
Corporate Cases: Time To Cut A Deal? A new ruling could empower white collar defendants -- until Congress rewrites sentencing rules. |
Job Journal April 9, 2006 Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Enron Kept Reality at Bay When Enron's problems first surfaced, Lay and Skilling had an obligation to be candid with everyone around them. |
Salon.com January 19, 2002 Andrew Leonard |
Capitalist pigs The sordid tales of Enron plutocrats looting the company of its treasure as their employees and shareholders faced ruin are enough to turn you into a class warrior... |
Salon.com January 18, 2002 Jake Tapper |
More than one Enron official warned company about growing crisis One staff lawyer grew so worried, he secretly hired an outside law firm to review the company's murky business partnerships. Another executive was reassigned after raising alarms... |
The Motley Fool March 3, 2004 Bill Mann |
WorldCom's Ebbers Surrenders WorldCom's CFO finally gives up the goods on the top man in an $11 billion fraud case. |
InternetNews October 25, 2004 Roy Mark |
Two Brothers Plead Guilty in E-Rate Ring Two more vendors pleaded guilty Friday to fraud charges related to the country's troubled E-rate program, the $2.25 billion initiative launched in 1997 to help schools and libraries connect to the Internet. |
U.S. Banker January 2002 Robert A. Bennett |
Put the Reins on Passion Lenders and investors were so caught up in Enron's philosophy that they were blind to reality... |
Salon.com October 8, 2002 Andrew Leonard |
In greed we trusted Robert Bryce's Enron book entertainingly chronicles fraudulent excesses and office sex. But was Enron a fluke -- or capitalism taken to its logical extreme? |
CFO February 1, 2006 Kate O'Sullivan |
The Best Defense In today's high-stakes legal environment, top white-collar attorneys are ready to defend the CFO. |
BusinessWeek July 26, 2004 Mike France |
Corporate America's New Accountability When companies break the law, the first thing chief executives typically do is plead ignorance. But in a post-Enron world, "I didn't know" won't cut it. |
Salon.com January 15, 2002 Andrew Leonard |
Ken Lay: "There are no accounting issues" Even as an executive was warning Enron's CEO of impending problems, he was telling the press that all was well... |
CFO July 1, 2004 |
Canary Chorus At least a dozen former finance executives are preparing to sing for prosecutors... NASA still hasn't found that $2 billion... CFOs on the move... |
BusinessWeek July 4, 2005 Mike France |
Courtroom Strategies On Trial Recent high-profile verdicts have prosecutors and defense attorneys rewriting their playbooks. |
CFO Alix Nyberg |
Executive Indictments Prosecutors looking to pin corporate scandals on the top dog often press other executives for information that could prove a case against the CEO in exchange for leniency for the informers. Finance chiefs facing criminal sentencing have traditionally jumped at the offer. |
Salon.com November 30, 2001 Andrew Leonard |
Will Bush be tarnished by Enron's collapse? The crash of his top corporate backer should discredit the president's anti-regulation economic policies, but it's unlikely to lead to reform... |
InternetNews October 19, 2006 Roy Mark |
More Indictments in DRAM Price-Fixing Probe Two former Samsung officials and a former Hynix executive are the latest to be charged in the Department of Justice's ongoing investigation into a DRAM chip price-fixing conspiracy. |
InternetNews September 22, 2004 Jim Wagner |
Former CA CEO Indicted Sanjay Kumar is charged with securities fraud, conspiracy and obstruction offenses, while his former company Computer Associates strikes a deal to avoid court. |
InternetNews August 26, 2005 Roy Mark |
Feds Bust Spam Porn Operation A Phoenix federal grand injury has indicted three individuals for multiple violations of the CAN SPAM Act including sending unsolicited obscene materials, money laundering and criminal conspiracy. |
The Motley Fool May 25, 2006 Seth Jayson |
Lay's Missouri Legacy Ken Lay attempts to take back his University of Missouri donation, but maybe the school can put it to better use. Ethical behavior among managers at all levels is a key to keeping that faith. Enron is a perfect example of the risks of the dark side. Don't hide from that, MU. Embrace it. |
Fast Company May 2002 John Ellis |
Wall Street's Den of Thieves If you follow the trail of deceit from Enron to its natural lair, it only leads to one destination: Wall Street. Here's why... |
CFO May 1, 2005 Lori Calabro |
In Your Own Defense Why representing finance executives in lawsuits is both an art and a science. |
BusinessWeek June 12, 2006 Michael Orey |
Enron's Last Mystery Was Enron's law firm, Vinson & Elkins, as blind to the company's shenanigans as it maintains? Internal messages suggest the firm doubted the legitimacy of some of Enron's business practices. |
InternetNews December 2, 2004 Michael Singer |
Infineon Execs Plead Guilty to Price-Fixing Four Infineon executives agreed to plead guilty to charges they conspired to fix prices in the computer memory sector, officials said Thursday. |
The Motley Fool February 2, 2006 |
Foolish Flashback: Enron's Jeff Skilling As the Enron trial of Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling continues, here's a 2001 interview with Skilling about the company's presence on the Internet as well as his views of the California power shortage. |
InternetNews April 20, 2007 Michael Hickins |
'Justice is Served' to Nacchio Did the former Qwest CEO miss an opportunity to save himself some jail time? |
InternetNews August 10, 2005 Tim Gray |
WorldCom Execs Face Sentencing Former execs learn how much time they will serve for their roles in the telecom's massive fraud. |
The Motley Fool March 30, 2006 Robert Aronen |
Enron Still Matters Enron was a catastrophe in the public markets. Individual investors should take a hard look at the trial so they know what happened and how it came to be, with the intent of learning to avoid companies that exhibit the same characteristics in the future. |
The Motley Fool April 26, 2006 Tim Beyers |
Ken Lay's Startling Youa-Culpa The former Enron CEO blames the media and short sellers for Enron's demise. How convenient. Don't let this dribble provide an excuse for ordinary investors to toss away due diligence in favor of conspiracy theories. |
CFO June 1, 2003 |
The Plan of Plan B's Do plan B accounting firms present a real threat to the Big Four?... Master of Science in Financial Engineering program at Kent State University began trading derivatives on a simulated trading floor... Gov fails audit... Directors getting paid more... etc. |
BusinessWeek July 1, 2010 Caroline Winter |
Who Could Gain from a High-Court Ruling The Supreme Court's recent ruling will make it harder to battle white-collar crime. Which jailed execs stand to benefit? |