Misdemeanor

Halliburton Pleads Guilty to Destroying Macondo Evidence

A unit of Halliburton Co. on Thursday agreed to plead guilty to one misdemeanor count of destroying evidence in connection with the April 2010 Macondo well blowout in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said. The settlement is subject to district court approval.

July 29, 2013

Lea Fastow to Serve Year-Long Sentence in Houston Detention Center

Lea Fastow, who pleaded guilty in May to a misdemeanor tax charge in an Enron Corp.-related case, will spend her year-long sentence at the Federal Detention Center in downtown Houston, a far cry from the minimum security prison she had requested.

June 14, 2004

Lea Fastow to Serve Year-Long Sentence in Houston Detention Center

Lea Fastow, who pleaded guilty in May to a misdemeanor tax charge in an Enron Corp.-related case, will spend her year-long sentence at the Federal Detention Center in downtown Houston, a far cry from the minimum security prison she had requested.

June 10, 2004