IN BRIEF / COURTS

* Former Westar Energy Inc. Chief Executive David Wittig, convicted in a money laundering case, was indicted along with Executive Vice President Douglas Lake in what U.S. prosecutors called a scheme to loot the electric utility that pushed it to the brink of bankruptcy with $3 billion in debt.

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* Former Global Crossing Ltd. employee William Sutcliffe was found guilty of using the Internet to threaten employees and to post 8,000 employees’ Social Security numbers.