2004-05-06 Lea Fastow, 42, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor tax crime and was sentenced to the maximum of one year in prison. She was ordered to surrender herself on July 12, 2004 to a federal detention center in Houston.
2004-04-07 Lea Fastow withdraws her guilty plea after a federal judge rejected her plea agreement. Her trial is scheduled for June 2, 2004.
2004-02-11 Jeffrey Skilling was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and charged a few days later with 35 counts of fraud, insider trading, and other crimes.
2004-01-22 Richard Causey was indicted on federal wire fraud and conspiracy charges for his activites at Enron between 1998 and 2002 in Houston, Texas. While prosecutors do not believe he skimmed millions of dollars from the numerous suspicious deals, he is believed to know details of many of them. Causey has pled not guilty.
2004-01-14 Andrew Fastow and his wife Lea Fastow, both accept a plea agreement. Andrew Fastow will serve a ten-year prison sentence and forfeit $23.8 million. Lea Fastow, former Assistant Treasurer for Enron, will serve a five-month prison sentence and a year of supervised release, including five months of house arrest. Both will provide testimony against other Enron corporate officers.
2003-11-18 Enron announced that it was selling its subsidiary PGE to a group of investors headed by former Oregon governor Neil Goldschmidt and funded by Texas Pacific Group for $2.35 billion. Goldschmidt had been a visible opponent of the measure to convert PGE to a Public Utility District.
2003-11-05 Voters in the Portland, Oregon metro area defeat a measure that would begin the process of converting Enron subsidiary PGE into a PUD, after both local utility companies, Portland General Electric and PacifiCorp, spend $1.9 million dollars on advertisements to defeat the measure.
2003-07-11 Enron files its bankruptcy reorganization plan.
2003-03-17 Merrill Lynch, its four former executives and SEC agree to settle the Enron security fraud case for $80 million. It is one of the five largest penalties inposed on security-related civil cases. [http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-financial-sec-merrill.html]
2003-02-19 A grassroots movement in Portland, Oregon submits enough signatures to qualify a measure for an election to decide whether to begin the process of converting Enron subsidiary Portland General Electric (PGE) into a PUD.
2002-02-27 Connecticut Democrat Joseph Lieberman publicly criticized Wall Street Analysts: ""It seems clear that too many analysts failed to ask 'why' before they said 'buy'" May 3, 2002
2002-01-25 Former Enron executive J. Clifford Baxter found dead from apparent suicide.
2002-01-20 On Meet the Press, Arthur Andersen CEO Joseph Berardino states the document retention policy was "not to shred documents, not to eliminate documents if you have a reasonable basis to anticipate investigation."
2002-01-15 Arthur Andersen announces that it fired David B. Duncan and put three partners on administrative leave.
2002-01-14 Arthur Andersen releases communications documents detailing Nancy Temple's involvement in the document destruction.
2002-01-10 Arthur Andersen states that it destroyed Enron documents. Congressional investigators state the destruction occurred from September to November.
2001-12-12 In testimony before Congress, Arthur Andersen CEO Joseph Berardino states that Enron might have violated securities laws.
2001-12-02 Enron files for bankruptcy.
2001-11-29 The S.E.C. begins investigating Arthur Andersen.
2001-11-28 Dynegy retracts its acquisition offer.
2001-11-19 Enron announces the payment of a $690 million note is nearly due as a result of the descent of its credit rating.
2001-11-09 Dynegy announces it will acquire Enron for $9 billion. Nancy Temple leaves a voice message for David B. Duncan ordering the preservation of all Enron documents. His assistant sends an email to other assistants to "stop the shredding".
2001-11-08 Enron announces it overstated profits by $586 million over five years. Lay calls O'Neill again, comparing Enron to Long Term Capital. The S.E.C. subpoenas Arthur Andersen officials.
2001-10-31 Enron announces that the S.E.C. inquiry is now a formal investigation.
2001-10-29 Lay asks Donald L. Evans, Secretary of Commerce, for help with an upcoming credit rating review by Moody's Investors Service. Evans does nothing, and Moody's downgrades Enron's rating.
2001-10-28 Lay talks to Paul H. O'Neill, Secretary of the Treasury. O'Neill tells Peter Fisher, Treasury Under-secretary to look into Enron. Fisher talks with Enron president Greg Whalley repeatedly over the next few days. Whalley, according to Fisher, implies that he would like Fisher to ask Enron's creditors to extend its credit. Fisher doesn't.
2001-10-26 Lay makes phone call to Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve, about Enron. Lay meets with Dynegy chairman Chuck Watson.
2001-10-25 Enron sends an email to all employees and to Arthur Andersen stating that all pertinent documents should be preserved.
2001-10-24 Andrew Fastow is forced to leave Enron.
2001-10-23 Lay reassures investors in a conference call, asserting there was no conflict of interest with the Raptor partnerships and that the directors on the board "continue to have the highest faith and confidence" in Fastow. David B. Duncan organizes a meeting of the Enron account group to speed up the document destruction, according to testimony by Arthur Andersen managing director Dorsey Lee Baskin Jr..
2001-10-22 Enron announces that Securities and Exchange Commission has begun an inquiry into Enron's accounting practices with its partnerships. The Arthur Andersen partner in charge of the Enron account, David B. Duncan tells the audit managers to comply with the Andersen document retention policy, and observes them doing so by shredding documents.
2001-10-17 To correct an accounting error on the Raptor partnerships devised by CFO Andrew Fastow, Enron's assets (shareholder equity) are reduced by $1.01 billion. The Enron 401(k) retirement plan is frozen for administrative changes.
2001-10-16 Enron announces a third quarter loss of $618 million.
2001-10-15 Vinson & Elkins deliver a report which states that Arthur Andersen approved of Enron's accounting procedures, and that Enron did nothing wrong.
2001-10-12 An Arthur Andersen lawyer in Chicago, Nancy Temple, emails an Andersen partner in Houston, Michael Odom, reminding him of the Andersen document retention and destruction policy. He forwards the email to a co-worker.
2001-10-10 Enron officials discuss energy policy with staff of Vice President Dick Cheney.
2001-10-09 Arthur Andersen hires the Davis Polk & Wardwell law firm to prepare a defense for the company.
2001-09-26 Lay tells employees that Enron's accounting practices are "legal and totally appropriate," that Enron stock is "an incredible bargain," that he and other executives have bought Enron stock in the last two months, and that "the third quarter is looking great" in an online forum.
2001-09-21 Director Robert Belfer sells 109,000 Enron shares.
2001-08-21 Lay emails employees, stating "one of my highest priorities is to restore investor confidence in Enron. This should result in a significantly higher stock price." He exercises 68,620 share options at $21.56 ($1,479,477 total value); the stock closes at $36.88. One of Lay's lawyers states later that Lay never sold the shares, which are now practically worthless. David B. Duncan, the lead partner on the Enron account for Arthur Andersen, meets with three other AA officials to discuss the Watkins call. A memo states they "agreed to consult our firm's legal adviser about what actions to take."
2001-08-20 Watkins phones a former co-worker at Arthur Andersen about her worries. Lay exercises 25,000 share options at $20.78 ($519,000 total value); the stock closes at $36.25. One of Lay's lawyers states later that some of the stock was used to repay an Enron line of credit.
2001-08-16 Lay discusses Skilling's departure with employees.
2001-08-15 Sherron Watkins, a vice president for corporate development, puts a one-page letter in Lay's suggestion box, questioning Enron's accounting practices.
2001-08-14 Citing "personal reasons," Skilling resigns as CEO. Lay replaces him, stating "Absolutely no accounting issue, no trading issue, no reserve issue, no previously unknown problem issues" are involved.
2001-08-07 Officials from a German Enron subsidiary meet with the Dick Cheney energy task force.
2001-07-27 Director Robert Belfer sells 100,000 Enron shares.
2001-07-23 Enron's stock price closes below $47, a critical point for the Raptor partnerships.
2001-06-21 Skilling is hit in the face with a pie during a visit to California.
2001-06-13 Chief executive of Enron Broadband Services Ken Rice sells 386,000 Enron shares.
2001-06-12 Skilling jokes about the California electricity crisis at a Las Vegas conference.
2001-06-06 Enron general counsel Jim Derrick sells 160,000 Enron shares over the next ten days.
2001-05-22 Jordan Mintz sends a memorandum to Jeffrey Skilling for his sign-off on LJM paperwork.
2001-05-18 Chief executive of Enron Xcelerator Lou Pai sells 1.1 million Enron shares over the next 21 days.
2001-05-17 The energy task force issues its report, which endorses some of Enron's proposals.
2001-05-05 Enron's stock price closes below $59.78, a critical point for one of the partnerships.
2001-04-17 Enron announces a first quarter profit of $536 million. Lay and other Enron officials meet with Vice President Dick Cheney.
2001-03-26 To cover problems in the Raptor partnerships, Enron repurchases Chewco's investment in JEDI for $35 million, netting Enron executive Michael Kopper over $10 million.
2001-03-08 Enron lawyer Jordan Mintz sends a memorandum questioning the LJM partnerships to Enron chief risk officer Richard Buy and chief accounting officer Richard Causey.
2001-03-07 Lay and other Enron officials meet with the energy task force of Vice President Dick Cheney.
2001-02-22 Lay and other Enron officials go to the White House to meet with the Dick Cheney energy task force.
2001-02-12 Skilling is named CEO. Arthur Andersen tells the Enron board of directors audit committee that they have no concerns.
2001-02-05 Enron executives get bonus checks for millions of dollars. Arthur Andersen auditors internally question the LJM partnerships.
2001-01-20 The inauguration of George W. Bush is attended by Enron CEO Kenneth Lay and president Jeffrey Skilling, who each make $100,000 contributions for the event.
2001-01-08 California governor Gray Davis calls Enron and other energy companies "out-of-state" profiteers during the 2000 California energy crisis.
2000-11-01 Enron CEO Kenneth Lay begins selling Enron shares.
Reference: www.enron.com
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