The company has agreed to plead guilty to the charge and pay a criminal fine.
They said Eastern was expected to agree to plead guilty to some charges.
In order to avoid the death penalty, he agreed to plead guilty.
That may be the reason he agreed to plead guilty.
"I did not agree to plead guilty," he said repeatedly.
At the time, he agreed to plead guilty to two felony counts.
Even if those people charged with crimes agreed to plead guilty, they would have to do so before a military commission, the officials said.
The former chief financial officer of Enron and his wife have agreed to plead guilty to crimes after all.
The woman who started the largest wildfire in the state's history has agreed to plead guilty.
He agreed to plead guilty to a charge of wire fraud.
