Enron Scandal
Was Enron’s success just an illusion?
4.1 (23)
81 mins
Uncover the rise and collapse of Enron, a company that turned financial manipulation into an art form before crumbling under its own deception. Discover how executives used aggressive accounting, secret partnerships, and stock guarantees to maintain a false image of success.
Ep 1:
The Slow Slide Into Fraud
Explore how Enron's mark-to-market accounting began as Wall Street innovation but spiraled into phantom profits, masking a company desperately hiding its failing business model.
Ep 2:
Shell Games and Silent Auditors
Discover how Enron's Special Purpose Entities became tools of deception, and how trusted auditor Arthur Andersen abandoned decades of integrity to protect a lucrative client.
Discussions (5)
Bernie
Level 5 · 3 mo agoBro literally threw a champagne party for getting permission to make up fake numbers. Pretty pathetic stuff
Jeffrey
Level 9 · 3 mo agoRecording subjective estimates as concrete profit is prima facie absurd. It is just pseudoscience.
Yvonne
Level 6 · 3 mo agoOmg Skilling roaming the streets at 4 AM drunk and accusing random strangers of being FBI. That is peak guilty conscience behavior babe! ☕️
