1.   A director is not an employee of the company and is not entitled to preferential payment when the company goes into liquidation.

2.   Dean Witter told its brokers last month that the firm would end the preferential payments.

3.   It is also unclear whether Enron violated any rules or laws in making the preferential payments.

4.   They would need to prove that preferential payments were made, obstructing creditors from getting their fair share.

5.   Various preferential payment schemes are being offered by the developer.