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U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Federal trial court in Houston and nearby cities.

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  • David Duncan Apr 2002 pleaded guilty to obstruction; withdrew the plea in November 2005, which the Enron Task Force did not oppose Primary record 12
  • Arthur Andersen 15 Jun 2002 obstruction of justice Primary record 345

    On 31 August 2002 the firm ended its role as auditor of public companies; none of its more than 1,200 public-company audit clients remained.

  • Andrew Fastow 14 Jan 2004 pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy; sentenced on 26 September 2006 to six years Scholarship & press 67
  • Jeffrey Skilling 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 89
  • Kenneth Lay 25 May 2006 six counts by the jury (conspiracy, wire fraud, securities fraud) and four by Judge Lake in a bench trial (bank fraud, false statements to banks) Primary record 1011
  • Allen Stanford 6 Mar 2012 conspiracy, wire and mail fraud, obstruction of an SEC investigation and money laundering conspiracy; sentenced to 110 years Primary record 1213

    The Fifth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence on 29 October 2015.

acquitted

overturned a decision about

  • Kenneth Lay 17 Oct 2006 conviction vacated and indictment dismissed after his death, under the Fifth Circuit rule that a death pending appeal ends the case Scholarship & press 1516

involved in

Timeline 8 dates
  1. Apr 2002 David Duncan convicted by U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  2. 15 Jun 2002 Arthur Andersen convicted by U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  3. 14 Jan 2004 Andrew Fastow convicted by U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  4. 25 May 2006 Jeffrey Skilling convicted by U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  5. 25 May 2006 Kenneth Lay convicted by U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  6. 25 May 2006 Jeffrey Skilling acquitted by U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  7. 17 Oct 2006 Kenneth Lay decision overturned by U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  8. 6 Mar 2012 Allen Stanford convicted by U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Proof 16 sources
  1. Affidavit of FBI Special Agent Omer J. Meisel in support of the criminal complaint against Andrew Fastow, U.S. Department of Justice, Enron Task Force, 2 Oct 2002. Primary record
    In April 2002, David Duncan, the lead Arthur Andersen LLP (“Andersen”) audit partner assigned to the Enron engagement, pled guilty to obstructing an SEC investigation relating to Enron.
  2. Enron Auditor Withdraws Guilty Plea, CFO.com, 23 Nov 2005. Scholarship & press
    Former Arthur Andersen auditor David Duncan — the lead auditor for Enron Corp. who previously admitted to ordering colleagues to shred key documents — has withdrawn his guilty plea, according to published reports.
  3. Statement of Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson on the Arthur Andersen verdict, U.S. Department of Justice, 15 Jun 2002. Primary record
    The Department of Justice is extremely gratified by today's criminal conviction of Arthur Andersen LLP for obstruction of justice in the Enron investigations.
  4. Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States, 544 U.S. 696 (opinion of the Court, Rehnquist, C.J.), Supreme Court of the United States (text via Cornell LII), 31 May 2005. Primary record
    that body deliberated for seven days and then declared that it was deadlocked.
    The District Court denied petitioner’s motion for a judgment of acquittal.
  5. Arthur Andersen Goes Out of Business, ABC News, 31 Aug 2002. Scholarship & press
    After 89 years in business, Arthur Andersen LLP on Saturday ended its role as auditor of public companies.
    Of its more than 1,200 public-company audit clients, none will remain.
    The company now has fewer than 3,000 of the roughly 28,000 employees it had before the Enron scandal.
    “As of this day, Arthur Andersen LLP has voluntarily relinquished, or consented to revocation of, its firm permits in all states where it was licensed to practice public accountancy with state regulators,” the company said Saturday in a statement.
  6. The Enron Trial: Andy Fastow’s Plea Agreement, Famous Trials, Douglas O. Linder, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. Scholarship & press
    The deal, as laid out by prosecutor Matt Friedrich, required Fastow to plead guilty to two counts involving wire fraud and securities fraud, serve ten years in prison
  7. Ex-Enron CFO Fastow Gets 6 Years, CBS News (Associated Press), 26 Sep 2006. Scholarship & press
    He pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy, admitting to running various schemes to hide Enron debt and inflate profits while enriching himself.
  8. 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.
  9. 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
  10. Federal Jury Convicts Former Enron Chief Executives Ken Lay, Jeff Skilling On Fraud, Conspiracy And Related Charges, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, 25 May 2006. Primary record
    Lay, 64, was convicted on all of the six counts with which he was charged: conspiracy, two counts of wire fraud and three counts of securities fraud.
    Lay was also convicted at a separate bench trial before Judge Lake of one count of bank fraud and three counts of making false statements to banks.
  11. Lay, Skilling guilty on nearly all counts, NBC News (msnbc.com news services), 25 May 2006. Scholarship & press
    I firmly believe I am innocent of the charges against me, as I have said from Day One.
  12. Allen Stanford Sentenced to 110 Years in Prison for Orchestrating $7 Billion Investment Fraud Scheme (press release), U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, 14 Jun 2012. Primary record Archived copy
    On March 6, 2012, Stanford, 62, was convicted on 13 of 14 counts by a federal jury following a six-week trial
    was sentenced today in Houston to a total of 110 years in prison
  13. United States v. Stanford, 805 F.3d 557 (5th Cir. 2015), U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (text via Harvard Caselaw Access Project), 29 Oct 2015. Primary record
    After a jury trial, Robert Allen Stanford was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud
    For the foregoing reasons, we AFFIRM.
  14. 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.
  15. Judge Vacates Kenneth Lay Conviction, CBS News (Associated Press), 17 Oct 2006. Scholarship & press
    Lay died of heart disease July 5 while vacationing with his wife, Linda, in Aspen, Colo.
  16. Judge throws out convictions of Enron’s Lay, NBC News (Associated Press), 17 Oct 2006. Scholarship & press
    Lay died of heart disease July 5 while vacationing with his wife, Linda, in Aspen, Colo.
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