Fraud Accused Claim They Are Being Used to Target Officials in Energy Giant Enron

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THREE British bankers, including the son of a senior Scottish Parliament member, yesterday argued they were being "used as a weapon" by the United States justice department to target officials in the failed energy giant Enron.

The former Greenwich NatWest investment specialists, all 42, are fighting extradition to Enron's home city of Houston, Texas, to answer seven counts of so-called wire fraud which carries a maximum sentence of 35 years.

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Fraud Accused Claim They Are Being Used to Target Officials in Energy Giant Enron

An FBI taskforce set up to investigate Enron's 2001 collapse claims they masterminded a (pounds) 4m insider trading scam i...

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