Judge Bars Payments to Former Westar Execs
From Associated Press
A federal judge has told Westar Energy Inc. not to make any payments to David Wittig, its former chairman, president and chief executive, and Douglas Lake, who was the company’s executive vice president of corporate strategy.
The two men face trial in federal court in September on 40 counts including conspiracy, wire fraud, submitting false statements, circumventing internal accounting controls and falsifying books and records. Both claim they are owed money by their former employer, $110 million for Wittig and $70 million for Lake, and the matter is the subject of arbitration.
Attorneys for Wittig and Lake were not available for comment.
