Lea Fastow
Lea Fastow | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lea Weingarten Fastow |
| Education | Tufts University Northwestern University (MBA) |
| Spouse | Andrew Fastow |
| Children | Jeffrey Fastow, Matthew Fastow[1][2] |
| Parent(s) | Jack Weingarten (businessman), Miriam Hadar (Miss Israel, journalist lawyer) |
Lea Weingarten Fastow is a former Enron assistant treasurer who pleaded guilty to tax evasion and filing fraudulent Income Tax returns. The wife of former Enron executive and convicted felon Andrew Fastow, she was the second former Enron executive to go to prison after Enron collapsed due to fraud in December 2001. [3]
Fastow is a native of Houston, Texas, where she was born into a Jewish family. Her mother was Miriam Hadar Weingarten, winner of the Miss Israel competition in 1958, and her father was Jack Weingarten, of the Weingarten's supermarket chain, who was a real-estate broker. When she was young her parents divorced and her mother went on to marry to Akiva Nof, and from this marriage was born a half-sister. She graduated from Tufts University, where she met her future husband, and earned an MBA at Northwestern University. She and her husband both attended Congregation Or Ami, a conservative synagogue.[4]
In 2003, Fastow was indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to commit wire fraud; money laundering conspiracy and four counts of filing false income tax returns.[5] She pleaded guilty on January 14, 2004, to submitting a fraudulent income tax return that did not include profits her family had received from her husband's off-the-books partnerships.[6]
Fastow reported to prison on July 12, 2004, and was released to a halfway house on July 11, 2005.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Heiress In Handcuffs". Bloomberg. 24 November 2003.
- ^ "A long fall for Enron couple". USA Today.
- ^ "Lea Fastow pleads guilty in Enron case - May. 6, 2004". money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ "Andrew Fastow: A study in contrasts". 3 October 2002.
- ^ "Fastow faces more charges; wife and 7 execs are indicted - May. 1, 2003". money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ^ "Fastow pleads guilty and agrees to cooperate in Enron case - Jan. 15, 2004". money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ^ "Lea Fastow to Complete Sentence at Halfway House". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 2005-06-07. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
- "Lea Fastow arrives early for prison". USA Today. Reuters. July 12, 2004.
- United States v. Lea W. Fastow
- Business: Crime paid, and here's what they'll pay back
- BILL MURPHY (January 15, 2004). "Some attribute greed to couple's ultimate downfall". Houston Chronicle.
- Kristen Hays (January 17, 2004). "From privilege to prison". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 4.
- Nancy Dillon (May 2, 2003). "Fed rap for Fastow's wife Charged with stealing over 130G from Enron". NEW YORK DAILY NEWS.
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