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Ex-Enron Executive Causey Reports To Jail
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2007/01/03
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| Richard Causey, former Enron chief accounting officer, has reported to the Bastrop Federal Correction Institution, a low-security facility in Texas, to begin serving his prison sentence for his role in the Enron accounting scandal. Causey was sentenced to 66 months last November after accepting a plea deal and was required to turn himself in to begin serving his sentence by Tuesday. In addition to the prison sentence, he will forfeit $1.25 million to the US government and a claim to deferred compensation, which amounts to almost $250,000. Causey's plea deal came just days before the scheduled trial of fellow ex-Enron executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, who were both later convicted of conspiracy and fraud. Lay's conviction was vacated after he died before sentencing and Skilling began serving his 24-year sentence last month. Former Enron CFO Andrew Fastow was sentenced to six years in prison in September 2006 for his role in the accounting fraud. |
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