Ken Lay dies of a heart attack!

[Victor Galis]

If I believed in God, I'd believe... God got tired of waiting for us to sentence him . In reality, probably the stress of knowing he was finished and would probably go down in history as an emblematic figure of corporate corruption prolly brought him down.

[DaShi]

He's not dead. He faked his death to escape his punishment. He lives in Mexico now.

[Geronimo]

He escaping the death tax this way too.

If he'd lingered on a few more years the estate tax would have returned to it's pre-bush administration levels.

[Thedrin]

Would the sentencing have possibly included a fine or just jail time. If the judge could also have demanded a fine be paid, can he get into Lay's estate before it gets divided up by his will?

[snoopy369]

Good question

If he'd already been sentenced, certainly it'd have come out of the estate. Not having been sentenced, though ... not sure if you can be sentenced after death

If the judge rules any part of the estate to be ill-gotten gains, so to speak, that part would presumably be recovered; not sure if that can be done via the criminal case though (as opposed to a civil action against the estate).

[Frozzy]

Hmm... so if say somebody was about to be sentenced, and commited suicide, his families rights to the estate would be protected?

How about that.

[VetLegion]

This is kind of like Milosevic.

[MichaeltheGreat]

His estate's a non-issue. His death doesn't affect the status of any of the civil suits against him and others involved in the Enron mess. Between lawyers and litigants and asset forfeitures to the government, there won't be much to divide.

[chequita guevara]

He faked his death and has gone into exile.

Damn, DaShi beat me too it.

[Kuciwalker]

So did VetLegion

[Odin]

OMG, THEY KILLED KENNY, THOSE BASTARDS!!!

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by DaShi
He's not dead. He faked his death to escape his punishment. He lives in Mexico now.

I know Jack Bauer. He is a good man. Ken Lay is no Jack Bauer.

[Guynemer]

Hell, Ken Lay isn't even Ryan ****ing Chappelle.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat
His estate's a non-issue. His death doesn't affect the status of any of the civil suits against him and others involved in the Enron mess. Between lawyers and litigants and asset forfeitures to the government, there won't be much to divide.

It's all layed out in this article in the NYTimes:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/06/business/06legal.html?hp&ex=1152244800&en=12e4c2e105c3adef&ei=5094&partner=homepage

And what the hell are these scum doing loose for so many months before sentencing? They should be locked up immediately like the criminal scum that they are.

[Frozzy]

Well technically Mr. Lay is innocent