Ken Lay is an infamous CEO who ran a multi-billion dollar company called Enron.
His shady accounting practices (of which he \'claimed\' he knew little or none of) basically robbed hard working folks of their pensions and stock. Some of that from folks who were ready to retire...wiped out!
He is of a long line of CEO\'s that have recently been either indicted or convicted of shady dealings.
The slime ball that used to run the company I work for, for instance, had the same theiving accounting practices. Our 90 dollar stock ended up at the low of $1.00...all the while his mansion in Colorado kept expanding.
NSA raises such a good point. Blue collar criminals are punished, white collar ones usually just fade away, sipping drinks by the pool. If there is any jail time, it is almost always in a \'light security\' prison, populated with other like minded individuals...hardly a punishment.
I\'d love to see my ex CEO get some hard time with Bubba the killer pimp. And by hard time, I mean rough and bloody anal sex, followed by more.