1. Also, according to the notes, the company did not report details of a partnership transaction in the quarter in which they occurred but did so later. 2. According to its report, the law firm received assurances of the legitimacy of the partnership transactions from officials at Andersen and Enron familiar with the dealings. 3. Congressional investigators contend that Skilling avoided signing the forms because he did not want to be held liable for any impropriety in the partnership transactions. 4. Details of those charges were not disclosed, and Enron said it might further alter its reporting as a special board committee continues its investigation of the partnership transactions. 5. Each partnership transaction was closely reviewed by Enron executives, the report says. 6. In contrast, Watkins portrayed Lay as unaware of the questionable partnership transactions. 7. Only once during his years overseeing the partnership transactions was there discussion with the Securities and Exchange Commission about the accounting treatment of any deals. 8. The records include notes of interviews with Richard Causey, the former chief accounting officer and an executive with primary responsibility for reviewing partnership transactions. 9. The small group of other investors included only people who were involved in partnership transactions with Fastow. 10. Skilling testified before Congress that he knew few details of the partnership transactions. |