Ex-Enron official faces new charges

HOUSTON (AP) -- Andrew Fastow, the former chief financial officer accused of fueling Enron Corp.'s downfall, was to be arraigned today on new charges released against him earlier this month.
Fastow, 41, was indicted in October on 78 counts of fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice. Today, he was to be arraigned on new charges of insider trading, filing false tax forms and conspiracy to falsify books and records in an expanded indictment unveiled May 1.
Fastow, who pleaded innocent to the first round of charges last year, was allowed to postpone his arraignment on the new charges because a status hearing in his case already had been slated for today, according to prosecutors.
He won't appear in court under a new federal rule allowing defendants to waive appearances when new charges are added to indictments.