Former Enron CFO Fastow Denies Waiving Rights

AUSTIN, Texas -- Attorneys for former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow are denying he waived his Fifth Amendment rights by filing two affidavits with a judge, television station KEYE in Austin, Texas, reported Sunday.

They note that Fastow asked U.S. District Judge David Hittner to keep prosecutors from seeing his statements. Fastow's wife, Lea, also faces trial. She is accused of six counts, most of them accusing her of filing false tax returns.

Fastow faces almost one hundred charges, some of them mirroring the charges against his wife. She has asked the judge to postpone her trial until after her husband's. She says her husband has testimony that can help her, but can't give it until after his own trial.

Fastow's trial is expected to be completed no sooner than the middle of next year.

-- NYSSCPA.org News Staff

Posted on 06/23/03