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From inside the walls of Enron, a lone whistleblower attempted to avert the course of events leading to the largest bankruptcy in American history. On August 16, 2001, Sherron Watkins wrote an anonymous letter to Enron's Chairman, Ken Lay, laying out problems with Enron's use of partnerships to hide debt. She warned of a possible scandal that could topple the company if investors and the news media learned of the operations. Then, she revealed her identity and confronted Lay directly.

“They’re still trying to hide the weenie,” thought Sherron Watkins as she read a newspaper clipping about Enron two weeks before Christmas, 2001. . . It quoted [CFO] Jeff McMahon addressing the company’s creditors and cautioning them against a rash judgment. “Don’t assume that there...

Enron was truly a Trial of the Century. It had everything; massive egos, bigger than life lawyers and a massive fraud. On this special series from the Compliance Podcast Network, Tom fox is joined by Loren Steffy who was a business journalist while it was all happening. Tune in for his reflections and new insights on the first Trial of the Century for the 21st Century.