Ex-Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling released from federal custody
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Reporting from Houston — Former Enron Corp. Chief Executive Jeffrey K. Skilling has been released from federal custody.
Skilling was discharged Thursday after serving 12 years in prison and six months in a halfway house after being convicted for his actions that led to one of the worst corporate meltdowns in history.
The 65-year-old was initially sentenced in 2006 to 24 years in prison and fined $45 million for multiple counts of securities fraud, conspiracy and other crimes. In 2013, the sentence was reduced to 14 years.
Houston-based Enron collapsed into bankruptcy in 2001 after years of illicit business deals and accounting tricks that put more than 5,000 people out of work, eliminated more than $2 billion in employee pensions and rendered worthless $60 billion in Enron stock.
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