Category Archives: Enronarama

Some good news, but mostly not-so-good news for Jeff Skilling. An appeals court today upheld former Enron Chief Executive Jeff Skilling’s 19 federal felony convictions, but ordered a trial court to resentence him. The three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Been awhile since there was an Enron-related story that interested me. A former top Enron executive who sold nearly $300 million in Enron stock before the company cratered has agreed to pay regulators $31.5 million to settle civil allegations of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Seen on the Chron’s Business page yesterday evening: Continue reading →

Last year, on their second attempt, federal prosecutors secured convictions against former Enron Broadband Services CFO Kevin Howard. Yesterday, those convictions were dismissed. A theory used by prosecutors and an instruction to jurors regarding deliberations prompted U.S. District Judge Vanessa … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Score one for Skilling. Jeff Skilling won’t be calling this southern Minnesota town home just yet. Late Monday, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order postponing the ex-Enron CEO’s Tuesday report date to a low-security federal prison … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I suppose it was just a matter of time. Jeff Skilling, Andy Fastow and the rest of the Enron gang will have a new home very soon. No, not prison. The stage. Enron – the Musical makes its world premiere … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Been a rather busy week in Enronland. Let’s catch up a bit: – Jeff Skilling has reached a settlement on all remaining litigation against him by former employees who lost their pensions in the crash. The ex-CEO, who is scheduled … Continue reading → Continue reading →

And so the Enron saga more or less comes to a close, pending appeals and the ongoing civil suits. Former Enron Corp. CEO Jeff Skilling took the blow of a 24-year prison sentence the same way he took a jury’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Kenny Boy Lay’s criminal record has been officially wiped clean. Former Enron Chairman Ken Lay’s criminal conviction was vacated and his indictment dismissed by a judge today. U.S. District Judge Sim Lake granted the request by Lay’s estate to vacate … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Andy Fastow receives his punishment, and it’s less than what it could have been. Andrew Fastow, Enron’s former chief financial officer, received a 6-year prison sentence today for his role in the 2001 demise of the energy company. Fastow’s sentence … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The process to eliminate Ken Lay’s criminal record has begun. Samuel Buffone, a Washington, D.C., attorney who was expected to represent Lay in his appeals, filed a motion Wednesday asking District Court Judge Sim Lake to substitute Lay’s estate for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The subject of what happens to the allegedly ill-gotten gains Ken Lay owned now that he’s dead was raised yesterday as the news of his death came out. Today, the Chron takes a closer look. When the criminal case is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Former Enron CEO Ken Lay, who was just convicted on multiple felony counts relating to the fall of his company, died suddenly yesterday at the age of 64. Convicted Enron Corp. founder Ken Lay suffered a massive coronary Tuesday and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Via David Pogue’s technology blog comes Enron Email. Search through more hundreds of thousands of email messages to and from 176 former Enron executives and employees from the power-trading operations in 2000-2002. For the first time, they are available to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Last year, the Enron federal task force failed to secure any convictions in the first trial of executives of the former Enron Broadband Services. Even though that case was considered stronger than some of the others they had to try, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Just filing this for future reference. Conversations with panelists who sat in judgment of Lay and fellow former Enron executive Jeff Skilling revealed a spiritual group of Texans who went into the jury room teetering back and forth and came … Continue reading → Continue reading →

So it’s been a day now since Jeff Skilling and Kenny Boy Lay were convicted on multiple felony counts related to Enron’s collapse and death. As you might expect, the Chron has wall–to–wall coverage of the verdict and reaction to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I know I haven’t been following the trials of former Enron honchos Jeff Skilling and Kenny Boy Lay, but apparently the jury is back and we’re about to get some verdicts. So consider this a placeholder for when they’re in, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

So the prosecution rested its case last week in the Ken Lay/Jeff Skilling trial, and after a short break the defense has gotten started. I know, I know, I’ve totally ignored this for some time now. I can’t really say … Continue reading → Continue reading →