Wife of former Enron exec is released from prison

Monday, June 6, 2005 | 9:40 a.m.

HOUSTON -- The wife of former Enron Corp. finance chief Andrew Fastow left a federal prison in Houston early today to serve the last month of her yearlong sentence for a tax crime in a halfway house, her lawyer said.

Lea Fastow, 43, exited a federal detention center flanked by her husband, a key figure in the Enron scandal; her sister; and her lawyers, Mike DeGeurin and Jennifer Ahlen.

She was released from the federal detention center at 4 a.m. to report to a halfway house a few blocks away in downtown Houston, DeGeurin said.

Lea Fastow pleaded guilty in May 2004 to helping her husband hide ill-gotten income from financial schemes that fueled Enron's 2001 crash.

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