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US Charges 8 More in Enron, Including Ex-CFO's Wife
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday announced new charges against former Enron Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow and for the first time accused his wife and seven other ex-Enron officials of fraud and other criminal violations in connection with the company's collapse.

A grand jury in Houston, Texas returned a 109-count superseding indictment charging Fastow, who was originally indicted in October on 78 counts, with fraud, insider trading and falsification of Enron's accounting records. The indictment also named former Enron corporate Treasurer Ben Glisan and former finance executive Dan Boyle.

The grand jury also returned a six-count indictment charging Fastow's wife, former Enron Assistant Treasurer Lea Fastow, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering conspiracy and filing false tax returns.

In a 218-count superseding indictment, the grand jury expanded charges relating to Enron's failed Internet division, Enron Broadband Services. The new indictment charges five more former employees of the unit, together with two previously indicted former executives for various fraud and money laundering violations