Post-Prison, Former Enron CFO Hits Speaking Circuit

Andrew Fastow acknowledged the irony in the situation: Here he was, the former chief financial officer of Enron and a convicted felon, on stage to give the ethics speech at an oil and gas conference in Houston.

“I’m always surprised when I’m asked to speak at an ethics symposium,” he said. “That’s like asking Kim Kardashian to lecture your daughters about chastity.”

Fastow, the former chief financial officer of Enron Corporation, spent six years in federal prison for money laundering, fraud and conspiracy before being released in 2011. His off-balance sheet financing and accounting methods eventually helped bring the company down.

Now, he ...