Enron: US government opens criminal probe

The US Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into Enron Corporation, whose employees lost billions when the company barred them from selling plummeting Enron shares from their retirement accounts.

Enron: US government opens criminal probe

The US Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into Enron Corporation, whose employees lost billions when the company barred them from selling plummeting Enron shares from their retirement accounts.

The department has formed a national task force, headed by the criminal division and made up of federal prosecutors in Houston, San Francisco, New York and several other cities, said a Justice Department official.

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