Using Expensive Legal Claims As Leverage, Top Enron Fraudster Reaches Deal To Slash Sentence

Using Expensive Legal Claims As Leverage, Top Enron Fraudster Reaches Deal To Slash Sentence: Even when Jeffrey Skilling was first sentenced for conspiring in one of the largest corporate fraud schemes in modern history, he received less jail time than some low-level drug offenders sentenced to harsh mandatory minimums. But this week, Skilling reached a deal with the Department of Justice to cut his 24-year sentence to as little [...]/p