So Mr Fastow's cooperation may spell trouble for his former bosses, Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling.
The roller-coaster ride that Lay and Skilling went through was bound to manifest itself somehow.
On Thursday, Lay and Skilling's 12 peers returned their verdict at 12 noon EST.
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In addition to its flagship Pepsi brand, the company is behind Gatorade, Frito-Lay and Quaker Foods.
For a time, Enron was a moneymaking machine, and Lay and Houston reveled in the company's success.
Even though the names Lay and Skilling are forever associated with scandal, they did not act alone.
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On Tuesday, the government rested its case against Enron's ex-Chairman Kenneth Lay and ex-Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling .
Even at Enron, Lay and Skilling could deceive themselves and the public only for a matter of months.
Lay and Skilling were tried together on 46 counts, including money laundering, bank fraud, insider trading and conspiracy.
We will lay and maintain 4, 000 miles of our railways -- enough to stretch from coast to coast.
Both Lay and Skilling will take the stand and offer a united front.
The deal was intended to strengthen both brands, which run a distant second to PepsiCo's Frito-Lay and Tropicana products.
Many of the highest-profile prosecutions from that era, including those of Mr. Lay and Mr. Skilling, were hardly layups.
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Attorneys for former Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay and former Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling are clearly focused on the confusion strategy.
Fastow had said that in an Aug. 15, 2001, meeting, he vowed his loyalty to Lay and to the firm.
The four-man, eight-woman jury convicted Lay and Skilling of misleading investors with false statements designed to hide Enron's tottering finances.
And if their opening arguments are indicative of the strength of their defense, Lay and Skilling should cop a plea bargain.
And Hueston clearly plans to keep his case tightly focused to convince the Enron jury that Lay and Skilling knowingly lied.
This seemingly arcane law is rarely prosecuted, but it is nonetheless a mountain of worry for Lay and his defense team.
Well, they're not just trying to say Lay and Skilling are innocent, because they didn't know bad things were going on.
Lay and Skilling are arguing that there was absolutely nothing wrong at Enron, despite it falling to bankruptcy in December, 2001.
The message: Lay and Skilling are fine and decent men, incapable of doing all the bad things of which they are accused.
While it's impossible to predict how a jury will judge Lay and Skilling, it's definitely possible to assess how S-Ox is working.
Can the same semi-effective tactic be applied to Fastow, a man who, as Lay and Skilling alleged, stole millions from Enron shareholders?
This argument will not be enough to convince jurors that Lay and Skilling did not act criminally during their tenures at Enron.
Lay and Jeffrey Skilling were chairman and chief executive, respectively, of Enron.
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For all their misdeeds, Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling were onto something.
Hueston charged that Lay and Skilling were trying to keep the stock price up, so they could sell out before the company collapsed.
Indeed, opening arguments by the defense hinted at the existence of nary a wart in Lay and Skilling's character--or even their management of Enron.
Because Judge Lake charged that Lay and Skilling can be convicted based on "conscious avoidance, " the prosecution's burden of proof will be easier met.
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