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Apr. 10, 2002

Enron's Complicated Deals Reveal Simple Tale of Greed

Forum Column - By Gary J. Malone - News reports portray the Enron scandal as a series of complex transactions that are so impenetrable that it is not clear that prosecutors and civil plaintiffs seeking to recover millions in lost investments ever will be able to prove whether anything illegal was done. Yet while the transactions are mind-numbingly complex, the sheer number and variety of them make the overall picture far simpler to understand.

        Forum Column
        
        By Gary J. Malone
        
        News reports portray the Enron scandal as a series of complex transactions that are so impenetrable that it is not clear that prosecutors and civil plaintiffs seek...

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