Michalowicz: My computer forensics firm defended Enron executives Lay and Fastow
Mike Michalowicz · Business Expert: The BEST Way To Make Millions In Profit | Mike Michalowicz · Oct 7, 2025 · at 10:23
Author Mike Michalowicz recounts his early career in computer forensics and how his firm gained high-profile clients.
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“Computer crime investigation, and the Enron trial broke. My company, right place, right time, we got the Enron trial. Now, to give context, we were not the prosecution. That's the FBI, the CIA, you know. We were the defense. So if you remember names like Kenneth Lay, Andrew Fastow, they were our clients.”
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