Ben Glisan of Enron fame is released from “prison”
On Friday, Ben Glisan, Enron’s former Treasurer was released from home confinement. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison, but was released from prison and put under home confinement in September. He has served about 2/3 of his original sentence for his guilty plea to charges of conspiracy to commit wire and securities fraud.
Initially, Glisan did not cooperate with prosecutors in the Enron case, but he later became a government witness againt Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling.
Glisan was the first Enron executive to go to prison, and is the first to be released from serving time.
Tags: prison, plea, conspiracy, securities fraud, Enron
