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No Club Fed for Enron's Andrew Fastow

By Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Sat Nov 11, 2006 at 01:49:00 AM EST
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Former Enron CFA Andrew Fastow, sentenced to six years for his part in the Enron scandal, got some bad news this week. Although the judge recommended he serve his sentence in Bastrop, TX, which has both a low security prison and a minimum security prison camp, the Bureau of Prisons designated him to Oakdale, a low security facility in Louisiana.

In other words, no Club Fed near home for Fastow.

Fastow and his wife had interesting deals. Because Fastow cooperated with the Government, he not only got a reduced sentence, but got to stay out of jail while his wife, Lea Fastow, served her year sentence, so their young children would not be without both parents at the same time.

Lea did a hard year at the downtown Federal Detention Center in Houston. The BOP refused to designate her to a camp. Then when she was eligible for release on home detention, they made her finish her sentence in a half-way house. Now Andrew will be sent to Louisiana, making it more difficult for frequent visits with his wife and children.

Will he be bitter? Probably. Even though, without his cooperation against his confederates in crime, he'd probably be doing 24 years like Jeff Skilling.

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    No Club Fed for Enron's Andrew Fastow | 3 comments (3 topical)

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    Special treatment? (none / 0) (#1)
    by lilybart on Sat Nov 11, 2006 at 09:16:06 AM EST
    So, since I am not in the legal biz, how often do regular poor criminals get to stagger sentences for childcare? Do regular criminals get deals to make their lives easier/

    just asking since I don't know

    special indeed (none / 0) (#2)
    by kdog on Sat Nov 11, 2006 at 10:00:33 AM EST
    Blue collar criminal couples go to jail at the same time....and the kids go in the system or with relatives.  I'd have no problem with te deal if all non-violent criminals got it...but they don't.

    Of course he got special treatment...I'm waiting to see if he gets pardoned in '08 when GDub is on his way out...a la Bill Clinton.  

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    and, on top of all that................. (none / 0) (#3)
    by cpinva on Sat Nov 11, 2006 at 10:05:39 AM EST
    they're still disgustingly wealthy too. i wondered that very thing kdog, and i suspected i already knew the answer.

    ah, to be rich and connected!

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