Dec 4, 2024 · Enron was an energy company that became the subject of one of the largest accounting frauds in U.S. history. The company used fraudulent accounting practices to inflate revenues and hide...

Mar 19, 2025 · Enron scandal, series of events that resulted in the bankruptcy of the U.S. energy, commodities, and services company Enron Corporation in 2001 and the dissolution of Arthur Andersen LLP, which had been one of the largest auditing and accounting companies in …

Dec 3, 2024 · Enron used special-purpose vehicles to hide its debt and toxic assets from investors and creditors. The price of Enron’s shares went from $90.75 at its peak to $0.26 at bankruptcy.

The collapse of the energy company Enron in December 2001 precipitated what would become the most complex white-collar crime investigation in the FBI’s history.

In early December 2001, innovative energy company Enron Corporation, a darling of Wall Street investors with $63.4 billion in assets, went bust. It was the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history.

Mar 19, 2025 · Enron scandal - Accounting Fraud, Corporate Greed, Bankruptcy: Enron executives practiced mark-to-market accounting and special purpose entities (SPEs). Sherron Watkins warned of possible accounting scandals.

Dec 2, 2024 · On Monday, the 23rd anniversary of Enron’s filing for bankruptcy, rumors began to spread that the former Texas energy giant had come back from the dead. A sleek new website, enron.com, appeared...

Dec 3, 2024 · "Enron will focus on scalable, sustainable solutions, including investments in renewable energy infrastructure, cutting-edge energy storage and advanced power distribution systems," the statement...

Apr 5, 2021 · This spring marks the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the dramatic and cataclysmic demise of Enron Corp. A scandal of exceptional scope and impact, it was (at the time) the largest bankruptcy in American history.

Jul 2, 2013 · Here’s a look at Enron, an energy trading company that collapsed after a massive accounting fraud scheme was revealed. Its 2001 bankruptcy filing was the largest in American history at the time....