Michael Ramsey
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Ramsey Michael Ramsey
Mr. Ramsey asserted that Mr. Fastow became very proficient at looking Mr. Lay right straight in the face and telling him you were loyal and he could count on you, but you knew in your heart you were stealing from the house. Mr. Ramsey continued that they were successful in your lying and your deceit from 1997 all the way up to 2001. In an effort to support the defense lawyers' contention that the partnerships themselves -- not Mr. Fastow's side deals -- were proper and fully disclosed to investors and outside accountants, Mr. Ramsey showed jurors handwritten notes taken by Mr. Fastow of phone calls in October 2001 just days before he was forced to step down as chief financial officer. 