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Ex-Enron CFO and wife agree to plead guilty

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HOUSTON (AP) — Former Enron finance chief Andrew S. Fastow and his wife have agreed to plead guilty for their roles in a massive accounting scandal that brought down the energy giant in 2001, sources told the Associated Press on Tuesday.

The two sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said an impasse that erupted last week over a judge's refusal to give Lea Fastow only a five-month prison sentence had been resolved.

Fastow will become the highest-ranking executive to plead guilty in the federal government's criminal investigation into the Enron collapse.