Article February 25, 2002 ISSUE

Would you pay back $300,000 if you didn't have to?

Dave Hohle Sentinel Staff

THE WORLD'S FINANCIAL MARKETS are a system of exchange built on trust. People's trust in the integrity of the system enables millions of paperless transactions to transfer billions of dollars every day. A lapse of integrity, a break in this trust, can wreck lives, bankrupt companies, and send shivers through markets.

When the Enron bubble burst recently, the world was shocked at the magnitude of the deception, astounded that some executives would enrich themselves, while others were betrayed and left with nothing.

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