Who was the CFO of Enron convicted of fraud in 2004?

Who was the CFO of Enron convicted of fraud in 2004? The answer is Andrew Fastow.

Fastow served as Enron’s chief financial officer and became one of the central figures in the company’s collapse. He designed and controlled special-purpose entities, including the LJM partnerships, that helped Enron hide debt and losses from investors. Those arrangements also created serious conflicts of interest because Fastow personally benefited from some of them.

The date in the question needs a small historical clarification. Fastow pleaded guilty to wire-fraud and securities-fraud charges in January 2004; his formal sentencing came in 2006, when he received a six-year prison term. Thus, “convicted in 2004” is often used loosely to refer to his 2004 guilty plea, but the stored answer remains the clear canonical name.

Fastow is sometimes confused with Jeffrey Skilling, Enron’s former chief executive, or Kenneth Lay, its chairman. Sherron Watkins was an Enron vice president who warned about accounting problems but was not the CFO.