3. Jeffrey Skilling
Prison sentence: 24 years
Next in line on our list of high profile white collar criminals and their crime cases in America is the former CEO of Enron, the seventh largest company in America back in the day. This success, however, was achieved through a series of accounting loopholes, especially purpose entities and false profit reporting. The beginning of the end was an article published in 2001 by Bethany McLean. After that point, the company was under strict scrutiny and finally filed for bankruptcy.
