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Helen Sharkey - Consultant & Expert on Ethics, Compliance, Accountability & Whistleblower Responsibilities

Helen Sharkey

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Low Man on the Totem Pole – How I became a White Collar Criminal

  1. Background
  2. Mark to Market Accounting Overview – dangers/ risks and side effects (i.e., “gap Between earnings and cash flows)
  3. “Project Alpha” myths debunked
  4. NO off-balance sheet debt or inflation of earnings ii. Accounting Issue was a reclassification on the statement of cash flows FROM an operating cash flow to a financing cash flow (i.e., a loan)
  5. Project Alpha – how it came to be
  6. AA tax savings strategy pitched to Dynegy /combined with a long-term physical pre-paid gas transaction
  7. Early warning signs
  8. Accounting Rules – vagueness surrounding “at risk” requirements for SPE’s
  9. Closing the Transaction – New York
  10. Issues with the bank and references to Enron that foreshadowed its collapse
  11. “Deal breaker” moments
  12. The After-math
  13. October 2001 – Enron SEC investigation announced – “aha” moments
  14. April 2002 – Wall Street Journal article exposes “Project Alpha” and SEC announces Dynegy investigation
  15. Dynegy and bank settle with the SEC
  16. The Department of Justice Announces Criminal Investigation
  17. Individuals working on the transactions become targets
  18. June 12, 2003 – 3 Dynegy employees charged with Securities Fraud and wire and mail fraud
  19. Changing plea from innocent to guilty
  20. November 2003 - Jamie Olis trial
  21. Living with sentencing looming
  22. The Sentencing
  23. Preparing for Prison - “Club Fed” doesn’t exist – what Prison is really like
  24. “Project Alpha” Players - where are they now?
  25. Lessons to live by
  26. Trust your Gut
  27. Look out for yourself because no one else will
  28. The Securities laws and what they mean for you – Corporate Hierarchy means nothing to the SEC/DOJ

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Ethics & IntegrityFinanceOvercoming AdversityResilienceMotivationalStrategic LeadershipCorporate StrategySustainabilityESG

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