Enron Defendant Says Barge Deal Was a Sham
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A former Enron Corp. executive told a  jury on Thursday in the first Enron criminal trial that he knew  the disgraced energy company had made a bogus deal with Merrill  Lynch in order to post fraudulent profits.
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Citigroup Inc. (C.N) faces a lawsuit from angry investors who allege they were defrauded in a "massive scheme of deception" when they bought securities tied to the credit-worthiness of Enron Corp. (ENRNQ.PK).
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Unwritten assurances from Enron Corp. to keep trying to sell Merrill Lynch &amp; Co.&#39;s $7 million interest in three power-generating barges wasn&#39;ta &quot;legal impediment&quot; to making that investment, an in-house lawyer for the brokerage testified Monday.
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A Merrill Lynch lawyer said she would not have approved the purchase of power barges from Enron if she knew there was a verbal agreement for the Houston company to buy them back at a fixed profit for Merrill.
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Houston -- Prosecutors claim six executives conspired to push through a 1999 sham sale of barges because they didn&#39;t think they&#39;d get caught.
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HOUSTON -- A judge overseeing the first criminal trial involving former Enron Corp. executives told prospective jurors yesterday he didn't expect them to be unaware of the former energy-trading giant.
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A former Enron Corp. executive told a  jury on Thursday that he knew the disgraced energy company had  made a bogus deal with investment bank Merrill Lynch in order  to post fraudulent profits.
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The first criminal trial involving former Enron Corp. executives "is a case about cheating and lying" with Wall Street's help, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
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The chief operating officer of Enron Corp.'s failed Internet unit pleaded guilty yesterday to a single criminal conspiracy charge and agreed to cooperate with the government, as prosecutors continued to build their case against the Houston energy company's top leaders.
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Six former executives of Enron Corp. and Merrill Lynch &amp; Co. on Tuesday were accused by a federal prosecutor of disguising a $7 million loan as a sale of energy-producing barges to &quot;help Enron out of a jam.
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The first criminal trial to involve former staff of disgraced energy firm Enron is under way in Texas, with two Enron staff and four bankers in the dock.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court dealt a blow Tuesday to Enron investors who sued major investment banks to recover money lost when the Texas energy giant collapsed amid a massive accounting fraud.
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Six former Enron Corp. and Merrill Lynch &amp; Co. executives were accused yesterday of disguising a $7 million loan as a sale of energy-producing barges to &quot;help Enron out of a jam&quot; and artificially increase its revenue.
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A Houston jury has reached a verdict Wednesday in the conspiracy and fraud trial of six defendants connected to a sham deal to illicitly boost Enron Corp.
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The first criminal trial involving former Enron staff is &quot;a case about cheating and lying&quot;, prosecutors say. Two Enron employees and four Merrill Lynch executives face charges relating to a transaction in Nigeria in 1999.
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Jurors still have work to do after convicting several former Wall Street bankers and a former Enron Corp. finance executive Wednesday of conspiring to push through a sham deal.
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Prosecutors in the first Enron Corp. (ENRNQ.PK: Quote, Profile, Research) criminal trial sought to cast doubt on Wednesday on a former Merrill Lynch (MER.