[Liz]

Plea deals often involve agreements to testify against others, and the potential of a Fastow plea deal raises the possibility that prosecutors are closer to bringing a case against Lay and Skilling. Neither Lay nor Skilling has been charged in the Enron scandal, and attorneys have not said whether Fastow is willing to cooperate in prosecuting them. Enron whistle-blower Sherron Watkins said Thursday that Fastow's knowledge of Enron's inner workings could crack open the case.

Enron middle class workers out of a job, pensioneers, and shareholders are knitting and muttering "guillotine."

[Liz]

Background info on Fastow plea deal.

[ken5050]

Itr's obviosu that Andy cut a deal to spare his wife as much jail time as possible...thus, I'd expect that his plea agreement, which requires him to tell everything, meanas that if he doesn't come across..then HER sentence goes up..remember, she's pleading out here, and she has to ofer something as consideration...the government has bvery smartly linked the two....to ensure his cooperation...wonder if Skilling and Lay and been seen buying Depends by the case..and brown suits for their trials...

[A. Pole]

Reform minded oligarchs (kloptocrats) like Khodorkovsky get prosecuted in Russia. How undemocratic.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

$28 million disgorgement of assets, not bad. This guy walked away with probably $300 million.