Bad Bets
Bad Bets
The Wall Street Journal
Enron, Ep 6: Lies and Choices
35 minutes Posted Nov 16, 2021 at 11:00 am.
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Enron CEO Ken Lay was practically the company's founding father. But when federal authorities began investigating Enron after its collapse, prosecutors had a hard time connecting Lay to anything illegal - and Lay himself insisted that he was innocent. Until: prosecutor John Hueston joined the team, two years into the investigation. In this episode, how the Enron Task Force built its case against Lay.

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