November 1997 • Enron buys out a partner’s stake in a company called JEDI and sells the stake to a firm it creates, called Chewco, to be run by an Enron officer. Thus begins a complex series of transactions that enable Enron to hide debts. • A married man’s life seems headed for divorce, but not wanting to go without sex , establishes a relationship with a bar girl on the other side of the world. Thus begins a complex series of sexual transactions that enable the married man to hide his true life while pretending to carry on a new relationship. February 20, 2001 • A FORTUNE story calls Enron a “largely impenetrable” company that is piling on debt …
