The notes were taken during a government interview with Mr. Duncan before his decision to plead guilty to obstruction of justice for his role last fall in orchestrating the large-scale destruction of records related to Enron.
But it perhaps wasn't the best preparation for orchestrating the largest government intervention in American history.
Less than 24 hours later Major Cockerham was behind bars, accused of orchestrating the largest single bribery scheme against the military since the start of the Iraq war.
US authorities have charged four men with orchestrating "the largest theft of customer data from a US financial institution in history" in indictments unsealed on Tuesday.
It belonged to Walter A. Forbes, the former chairman of the Cendant Corporation, who was convicted of orchestrating the largest securities fraud scheme of the 1990s, and his former wife, Caren.
Mr. Madoff, 74, is serving an 150-year sentence in a federal prison in North Carolina after admitting in 2009 to orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history.
Yet the victims of Bernard L. Madoff, who orchestrated the largest Ponzi scheme in history, were accredited investors.
"Together, they orchestrated the largest cover-up of sexual abuse of children in the history of our nation.
In his testimony, Mr. Duncan, who has pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice, said that he had orchestrated the large-scale destruction of records related to Enron for the purpose of keeping them out of the hands of investigators from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
By contrast, recent white-collar criminals have received much longer sentences, including 20 years for Marc S. Dreier, a lawyer who defrauded his clients of millions of dollars, and 150 years for Bernard L. Madoff, who orchestrated the largest Ponzi scheme in history.
Former WorldCom Chief Executive Bernard Ebbers pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges that he orchestrated the largest accounting fraud in U.S. history.
