Legal Opinion
United States v. Reliant Energy Services, Inc.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided February 28, 2006No. CR 04-0125VRWPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
WALKER, Chief Judge.
The United States has filed criminal charges against Reliant Energy Services, Inc (“Reliant”) and four Reliant employees: Jackie Thomas, Reginald Howard, Lisa Flowers and Kevin Frankeny (collectively “defendants”). The indictment charges each defendant with one count of commodities price manipulation in violation of § 9(a)(2) of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), 7 U.S.C. § 13(a)(2), four counts of wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343 and one count of conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. Doc # 1 (Indictment). Defendants jointly moved to dismiss the…
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