Kenneth Lay, former chairman and chief executive of Enron, turned himself in to the FBI today to face criminal charges involving the scandal-ridden energy company.

The wife of former Enron finance chief Andrew Fastow was jailed for a year today for helping her husband hide ill-gotten income from some of his myriad financial schemes.

JEFFREY SKILLING, the former Enron chief executive who resigned months before the US energy giant collapsed, surrendered yesterday and was charged with offences that could land him in prison for 325 years.

Former Enron chief executive Jeffrey Skilling today faced charges accusing him of being involved in wideranging schemes to mislead US government regulators and investors about the company’s earnings.

Jeffrey Skilling, former Enron chief executive, is expected to be indicted today for his part in the failed energy giant's accounting fraud, according to the latest US press reports.