Businessman. Former Chairman and CEO of Enron Corporation from 1986 to 2002. He and Enron came to represent accounting fraud and corporate abuse after Enron's financial failure in 2001. Indicted by a grand jury on 11 counts of securities fraud and related charges in July 2004, he was finally convicted in a jury trial of one count of conspiracy, three counts of securities fraud, and two counts of wire fraud on May 25, 2006. A separate bench trial found him further guilty of three counts of making false statements to banks and one count of bank fraud. He died in Aspen, Colorado, of a heart attack while awaiting sentencing.
Businessman. Former Chairman and CEO of Enron Corporation from 1986 to 2002. He and Enron came to represent accounting fraud and corporate abuse after Enron's financial failure in 2001. Indicted by a grand jury on 11 counts of securities fraud and related charges in July 2004, he was finally convicted in a jury trial of one count of conspiracy, three counts of securities fraud, and two counts of wire fraud on May 25, 2006. A separate bench trial found him further guilty of three counts of making false statements to banks and one count of bank fraud. He died in Aspen, Colorado, of a heart attack while awaiting sentencing.
Bio by: Fred Beisser
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