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Houston's Clear Thinkers (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... to trial after criminal charges were brought against them. In contrast, KPMG, Gene Foster, and Andrew Fastow secured plea agreements or deferred prosecution agreements with reduced sentences and finite results. As one might imagine, the latter group's sentences or fines were significantly below those of the individuals and entities that proceeded to trial. The pronounced gap between...
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CrimProf Blog (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
... charges were brought against them; and contrasting these three with KPMG, Gene Foster, and Andrew Fastow, all who secured plea agreements or deferred prosecution agreements with reduced sentences and finite results.
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Sentencing Law and Policy (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
... charges were brought against them; and contrasting these three with KPMG, Gene Foster, and Andrew Fastow, all who secured plea agreements or deferred prosecution agreements with reduced sentences and finite results. The concern here is that innocence or guilt does not always frame the judicial process in white collar cases. The risk of trial becomes so great that in order to minimize...
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Crime & Federalism (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
... but Judge Lake saw through the ruse. Perhaps Judge Lake wasn't looking closely enough? The Fastow plea agreement . The only solid witness against Lay and Skilling was Andrew Fastow. Fastow plead guilty, and cooperated with the government. According to the plea agreement, Fastow was supposed to receive 10 years in prison. At trial, Fastow was cross-examined...
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EclectEcon (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
... they failed to mention she was Jewish. > On the other side of the equation, when Ivan Boesky or Andrew Fastow or Bernie Madoff committed fraud, almost every article mentioned they were Jewish. > However, when Ken Lay, Jeff Skilling, Martha Stewart, Randy Cunningham, Gov. Edwards, Conrad Black, Senator Keating, Gov Ryan, and Gov Blagojevich messed up; no one reported what religion...
