Wittig has to pay up

Hooray for the jury in the David Wittig and Douglas Lake case. First it found the two former Westar Energy executives guilty of looting the company. Then it required them to return millions of dollars in cash and assets, including Wittig’s Landon Mansion in Topeka. The jury could have — and maybe should have — ordered an even larger repayment. Still, justice was served.
Posted by Phillip Brownlee

4 Comments

  1. J M Walker
    Posted September 18, 2005 at 7:25 am | Permalink

    But will these same white collar criminals have to serve jail time? A federal pen, with Bubba as roomate, might ease the pain some of those ripped off by these low-lifes.

  2. JWink
    Posted September 18, 2005 at 11:03 am | Permalink

    Say for example, a bank robber is caught with a million dollars in loot from a Wichita bank. (Trying to make this a local example!) Would the judge and jury allow the bank robber to keep 1/2 the loot or 1/2 million dollars for his planning time, liability, payroll and operational efforts?

  3. Joe Williams
    Posted September 18, 2005 at 1:20 pm | Permalink

    I wonder how Topeka feels. Those guys were the darlings of that city. Now it is a stain!

  4. EM's Opinion
    Posted September 18, 2005 at 1:59 pm | Permalink

    We finally got a court decision. I’m pleased that the prosecutors decided to continue after two hung juries. I’m looking forward to seeing these guys be forced to the reality of having to pay for something. They lived off the back of Western Resources way too long.