Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Were Lying - Part 5: What the Ashes Revealed

S5E5 - Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Were Lying - Part 5: What the Ashes Revealed

Published: July 10, 2026

Duration: 7:00

After the collapse came the courtroom. And once the papers were laid out, the real question was unavoidable. Was Enron merely a failed company, or was the failure engineered from the start?The Enron story was translated into indictments, exhibits, plea agreements, and sentencing memoranda. The question was no longer whether Enron had failed. The question was whether the failure had been engineered.Learn more at: https://thefraudarchive.com/fraud/enron

The Fraud Archive is part of The Archive Network by Jonkai Ventures, a collection of podcasts dedicated to exploring history's greatest cons, scams, and financial crimes.

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