Another Enron figure found dead

[shance]

Even as Houstonians prepare for today's memorial service for Ken Lay, British media reports the death of another man implicated in the scandal that won't leave the headlines. (At least the British headlines?)

The body of a man believed to be linked to a US probe into a financial scandal involving NatWest has been found close to his home.

Neil Coulbeck had gone missing from his home in Woodford Green, east London, on Thursday.

Sky News crime correspondent Martin Brunt said: "The man had been interviewed by the FBI. We don't know how important to the investigtion he was but FBI sources suggest he was a pivotal character in the case."

Mr Coulbeck's body was discovered in Waltham Forest, east London. He was Head of Group Treasury at the Royal Bank of Scotland and is thought to have been a possible witness in the NatWest Three case.

The discovery comes as MPs debate the controversial decision to extradite three British bankers - dubbed the NatWest Three - to the US to face charges over the scandal. The men, who previously worked for NatWest, are accused of taking part in a multi-million pound fraud connected to the collapse of Enron.

All three - David Bermingham, Gary Mulgrew and Giles Darby - have denied any wrongdoing. They could spend up to two years in a high-security US prison awaiting trial unless they are granted bail.

The move to send them to Houston, Texas, is at the centre of a row over Britain's extradition agreement with the United States.

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1227489,00.html

http://brainsandeggs.blogspot.com/2006/07/second-enron-figure-dead.html

[Phillycat]

1. Wow. I'm almost ready to put this on:

:tinfoilhat:

[arcane1]

4. I've had that on since the rolling blackouts were caused by the "market"

:tinfoilhat:

[The Backlash Cometh]

25. Wouldn't that make three counting the guy who was found dead in his

car with weird suicide bullet patterns?

[Virginia Dare]

2. What a coinky-dink....

dontcha think?

[shadowknows69]

3. Dead men tell no tales

oldest rule in the criminal's handbook.

[itzamirakul]

5. Sounds as if a lot of people all over the world may have shared in

the hard-won savings of the Enron employees who lost it all...

[shance]

7. Sounds that way. I wonder if Ken Lay and Mr. Coulbeck would say it was

worth it now.

I doubt it.

[KurtNYC]

6. Next they need to find a certain "enron figure" alive n/t

[dogday]

8. The Blue Pill or The Red Pill

Let's see how far the rabbit hole goes? :shrug:

[shance]

9. Pretty amazing isn't it?

n/t

[peacetalksforall]

10. Neil Coulbeck - pivotal character?

Are the teachers' pensions sitting in Scotland?

Is this where slush funds being used to operate our shadow government reside? Slush funds of stolen money from Enron investors?

Or is the money on little islands, but masterminded from Scotland?

[peacetalksforall]

11. Are the people of the UK as upset as I am about the involvement

of UK leaders in the dirty stuff going on around the world led by PNAC?

[shance]

14. I wonder if Enron does tie in with the PNAC.

It would not surprise me.

[shance]

13. "FBI sources suggest he was a pivotal character in the case."

Imagine that.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/enron/story/0,,1818833,00.html?gusrc=rss

[in_cog_ni_to]

12. They're going to start dropping like flies. If I were Skilling, I'd be

watching over my shoulder and staying off small airplanes. Anyone connected to the case with info should be VERY careful.:scared:

[tridim]

19. There has to be at least one fall guy.. It might be Skilling

Kenny Boy, who we all know is a close friend and financial supporter of King Bush is having his favors returned as we speculate. It's easy to fake your own death if you're completely above the law and have the power to murder potential whistleblowers. The CMSM is in full compliance.

Take off the tinfoil hats folks. You don't need them. BushCo is operating exactly like the mafia would if they didn't have to worry about the law.

[lyonn]

21. How about a food taster or possibly

avoiding a walk in the park with a "friend".

[itzamirakul]

28. Skilling probably needs to stay off of roller skates and bicycles

too!

If he had known that Lay was going to die or disappear, he could have blamed him for everything.

[w4rma]

15. Tieing up loose ends? (nt)

[Critters2]

26. Yep, If I were Fredo, I wouldn't go fishing with Al

is all I'm saying.

[Up2Late]

16. Be careful about taking this story from Sky "news" without question.

Sky "news" is part of the Rupert Murdoch's News Corp "news" conglomerate, which also includes Fox "news" and the NY Post.


Best to look for more sources.

He wasn't Blond, was he?

[peacetalksforall]

18. Thanks for the warning. nt

[electron_blue]

17. This guy disappeared on the same day Ken Lay died.

Things that make you go hmmmmmm

[sandnsea]

20. Funeralgate people ended up dead too

Just sayin'.

[lala_rawraw]

22. and Merill makes three... hmmm

[Schema Thing]

23. More black ops by Buffett and Gates!

:popcorn:

[Vinnie From Indy]

24. Who do you think was a partner in the "Raptor" Venture?

It has been my suspicion since the Enron ball of slime started to unravel that Bush, Rove and all the other high profile GOP Texas mafiosi were secret partners in the myriad of offshore ventures designed to steal money. Raptor and the other offshore funds still have not been explained fully and publicly. Maybe this guy is one of the last alive that could tie the House of Bush to the stolen Enron money.

[McCamy Taylor]

27. Enron is the Mother of all Bush scandals, only one he could go to jail for

if the whole truth was known. He, Cheney and Rove were part of the price gouging of California scheme. Half the stuff they did in their first term was to cover up for Enron. Gov. Arnold was for Enron. The timing of the Iraq Invasion was for Enron. Stealing the 2002 Senate for Enron.

There are a lot of useful links here in the Salon Enron thread. It goes all the way back to the beginning:

http://tabletalk.salon.com/webx?[e-mail].73@.2cb828aa/9494

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

29. I wonder where Lay is living under some elite form of the

Federal witness protection program, ie a change of location and identity?

Did anyone reliable see and ID and report seeing the body?

Creepy.

[undergroundpanther]

30. I saw a thing on MSNBC

Talking about murder for hire schemes and how they bust them.
They showed how targets deaths were faked in photos as"proof" of a "hit" done in a sting operation.It was all poses and make up.

It does not surprise me one bit Ken lays death might be faked.
Call me tin foil but,The make up job looked very convincing.
And there are drugs that can lower pulse and body temp to mimic death. A rich well connected buddy boy of a crime family looking to dominate the world could pull it off.
I think too many people trust sociopaths in high places as if they thought like normal people.Sociopaths are cunning and evil and do not care and they love to get away with it.So they'll get more devious evil and creative more than the average public thinks they can .

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

31. Interesting.

I consider it well within the realm of possibility that his death may have been faked. Obviously we cannot prove it, nor can we disprove it.

I also heard someone say that unless someone sues his estate, now all his ill-gotten gains will be inherited by his beneficiaries.

No reason to connect that to trying to totally and permanently do away with the estate tax, huh?

What was the thing on MSNBC in reference to, if anything in particular?

This morning on the morning version of Countdown, K.O. compared Novak's explanation re the Plame outing to the French soccer player's explanation of his infamous head butt that got him kicked out of the final world cup soccer match.

Both being non-explanations.

[undergroundpanther]

32. about how

murder for hire stings bust people trying to hire hit men to off people.Sometimes a person hiring a hit man would ask for photographic evidence the hitman did the job,a picture of the corpse..before the person hiring the hit man paid the money the hit man asks for.The sting is completed when money changes hands,