Fastow's Louisiana-bound

111006_fastow.jpgIf you find yourself in the mood to pay a visit to former Enron CFO Andy Fastow, looks like you'll be headed to Louisiana: The Federal Bureau or Prisons has placed Fastow in a federal prison in Oakdale, La., about 200 miles northeast of Houston, where he'll serve his six-year sentence.

Oakdale isn't where Fastow had expected to end up: At his sentencing in late September, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt recommended that Fastow be placed at a prison in Bastrop. We guess it won't make a whole lot of difference that he's going to be spending the next few years at Oakdale, though — Fastow likely won't have much of a chance to get out and enjoy the nightlife, after all.

Fastow agreed to serve 10 years in jail when he pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy in 2004, but Hoyt sentenced him to only six years. "Prosecution is appropriate, but persecution is not," Hoyt said at the time. Since his sentencing, Fastow has been held at the federal detention center in downtown Houston

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