He was convicted May 25 along with former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling of defrauding investors and employees by repeatedly lying about Enron 's financial strength in the months before the company plummeted into bankruptcy protection in December 2001 .
Jeffrey Skilling /business/person/company Enron
Jeffrey Skilling /business/person/company Enron
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