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Jeffrey Skilling

Former chief executive of Enron; convicted in Houston in 2006 of conspiracy, securities fraud and other counts.

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United States v. Skilling

  1. 25 May 2006 Convicted by U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas: conspiracy, securities fraud, insider trading and false statements to auditors; sentenced to 292 months; the Fifth Circuit held an honest-services instruction error harmless in 2011; resentenced in 2013 to 168 months 12
  2. 25 May 2006 Acquitted by U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas: nine insider-trading counts 3

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CEO of

  • Enron until 14 Aug 2001 Primary record 4

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  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas 25 May 2006 conspiracy, securities fraud, insider trading and false statements to auditors; sentenced to 292 months; the Fifth Circuit held an honest-services instruction error harmless in 2011; resentenced in 2013 to 168 months Primary record 12

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  1. until 14 Aug 2001 Jeffrey Skilling CEO of Enron
  2. 25 May 2006 Jeffrey Skilling convicted by U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  3. 25 May 2006 Jeffrey Skilling acquitted by U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
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  1. United States v. Jeffrey K. Skilling (case page, with the press release of 21 June 2013), U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, 21 Jun 2013. Primary record
    A federal jury found Skilling guilty in Houston on May 25, 2006, of one count of conspiracy, 12 counts of securities fraud, one count of insider trading, and five counts of making false statements to auditors.
    Former Enron Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey K. Skilling has been resentenced to 168 months in prison on conspiracy, securities fraud, and other charges related to the collapse of Enron Corporation.
  2. Read the Opinion Denying Former Enron CEO’s Conviction Appeal, Fastcase, 7 Apr 2011. Scholarship & press
    the instruction error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt
  3. Skilling v. United States, 561 U.S. 358 (2010), Supreme Court of the United States, 24 Jun 2010. Primary record
    After a 4-month trial, the jury found Skilling guilty of 19 counts, including the honest-services-fraud conspiracy charge, and not guilty of 9 insider-trading counts.
  4. The Financial Collapse of Enron, Part 2 (hearing of 7 February 2002, Serial No. 107-88), U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 7 Feb 2002. Primary record
    I worked for Enron for over 10 years, leaving in August of 2001 after being CEO for six months.
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