This should keep the Talk Show producers and Conspiracy Theorist busy for days, if not years.
Lay died today of an apparent coronary.
On May 25, Lay was found guilty of 10 counts of fraud and conspiracy related to the collapse of Enron, the energy company he founded that eventually grew into the nation’s seventh largest company before it imploded after an accounting scandal.
In the Enron trial, Lay was accused of lying to investors and Wall Street about the health of Enron in late 2001 even as he enriched himself by selling millions of dollars in stock.
Enron’s downfall cost 4,000 employees their jobs and many of them their life savings, and led to billions of dollars of losses for investors.
The collapse was the first of the high-profile corporate scandals that later rocked WorldCom, Global Crossing, Adelphia and Tyco.
[quote]simon-hecubus wrote:
All I can ask is: Why God, why? This lousy motherfucker had so much more suffering coming to him. How could you let him off the hook so easy?
Why do bad people have to die too soon? [/quote]
If you believe in God, then you likely believe in the Devil, as well. Pretty sure he didn’t go the way of good people.
Is this going to be like the Milosevic hoopla? Drugged, not drugged, why does it matter? He’s dead, and can’t cause any more trouble. He could have at least had the good graces to die before his trial, though.
Damn you, as soon as I saw the thread title I rushed in to post that. But, I hope you burn in hell Ken. You were a loathesome piece of shit as far as humans go.
[quote]Mufasa wrote:
This should keep the Talk Show producers and Conspiracy Theorist busy for days, if not years.
Lay died today of an apparent coronary.
On May 25, Lay was found guilty of 10 counts of fraud and conspiracy related to the collapse of Enron, the energy company he founded that eventually grew into the nation’s seventh largest company before it imploded after an accounting scandal.
In the Enron trial, Lay was accused of lying to investors and Wall Street about the health of Enron in late 2001 even as he enriched himself by selling millions of dollars in stock.
Enron’s downfall cost 4,000 employees their jobs and many of them their life savings, and led to billions of dollars of losses for investors.
The collapse was the first of the high-profile corporate scandals that later rocked WorldCom, Global Crossing, Adelphia and Tyco.
There were a LOT of people hurt by this.
If anyone is interested, let’s discuss it…
Mufasa
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The S.O.B. died at home when he should have been Bubba’s bitch.
“Hard” time for a lot of these guys is wearing gray shirts and pants with no tie; drinking domestic champagne instead of imported; and having to walk the golf course instead of having a cart.
[quote]Kailash wrote:
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Think of it this way: He also never had a chance to redeem himself. The name “Kenneth Lee Lay” will “live in infamy forever”.[/quote]
Yeah, but he’s dead. His folks on the other hand, who didn’t do anything, will have to live with his shame. Thanks Grandpa’…
“Hard” time for a lot of these guys is wearing gray shirts and pants with no tie; drinking domestic champagne instead of imported; and having to walk the golf course instead of having a cart.
Lay wasn’t going to San Quintin.
Mufasa[/quote]
Mufasa, you hit the nail on the head, but if he knew without a doubt he’d be in general pop. at someplace besides a “country club” prison, he’d think twice before pillaging people’s life savings. If it were you or me, our asses would have been sold for a carton of Marlboros before we even arrived.
