Ex-Enron Exec May Be Considering Plea Deal

Ex-Enron Exec May Be Considering Plea Deal
By KRISTEN HAYS, AP Business Writer
1 hour, 57 minutes ago

HOUSTON - Prosecutors and attorneys for Enron Corp.'s former chief accounting officer, Richard Causey, are in negotiations on a plea bargain on the eve of trial for founder Kenneth Lay and former CEO Jeffrey Skilling, according to people familiar with the discussions.


If Causey agrees to a deal to plead guilty, his cooperation could prove enormously helpful to the government's case against Lay and Skilling. All three face trial next month.

The discussions are ongoing and there is no guarantee any agreement will be reached, according to two people familiar with the discussions, confirming recent published reports. They spoke on condition of anonymity because of the private nature of the talks. The process could still crumble before the fraud and conspiracy trial begins with jury selection on Jan. 17.

Any deal with Causey, 45, could provide prosecutors a potentially devastating witness against Lay and Skilling — even more so than assistance from former finance chief Andrew Fastow, who pleaded guilty in January 2004 to two counts of conspiracy.


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Merry! Merry! Merry!

Twenty years is my benchmark, a friend's son just got that much for a drug set up.

It boggles the mind to think that Bush and Cheney cried "Kenny who" and claimed to not be familiar with the dirtball.

And once again, Americans let them off the hook on it.



May he ROT in his cell !!!!