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knew would be highly embarrassing and could expose them to liability to third parties and<br />

subordination <strong>of</strong> their creditor claims against <strong>Enron</strong>. <strong>The</strong>ir scheme could not succeed unless they<br />

kept <strong>Enron</strong>'s investment grade credit rating in place until the sale to Dynegy could be completed.<br />

So, on or about 11/8/01, Rubin, the Vice Chairman <strong>of</strong> CitiGroup, and Harrison, the Chairman <strong>of</strong> JP<br />

Morgan, called Moody's – a key rating agency – and pressured Moody's to keep <strong>Enron</strong>'s investment<br />

grade credit rating in place until JP Morgan and CitiGroup could complete the sale <strong>of</strong> <strong>Enron</strong> to<br />

Dynegy.<br />

691. As noted above, in the Unicredito case CitiGroup and JP Morgan misrepresented to<br />

Unicredito that there had been no changes in <strong>Enron</strong>'s financial condition as <strong>of</strong> 10/25/01, causing<br />

Unicredito to fund a $22 million credit facility for <strong>Enron</strong>. This was right after <strong>Enron</strong> had announced<br />

$1 billion in charges and written down equity by $1 billion and was just as <strong>Enron</strong> was in the process<br />

<strong>of</strong> restating transactions, including LJM which CitiGroup was involved in.<br />

692. Thus, CitiGroup is directly liable to the Class for making false and misleading<br />

statements in Registration Statements and Prospectuses utilized by <strong>Enron</strong> and CitiGroup to raise<br />

billions <strong>of</strong> dollars <strong>of</strong> new capital for <strong>Enron</strong>, for false and misleading statements in analysts' reports<br />

written and issued by CitiGroup, which helped to artificially inflate the trading price <strong>of</strong> <strong>Enron</strong>'s<br />

publicly traded securities, as well as for its knowing participation in a fraudulent scheme, course <strong>of</strong><br />

conduct <strong>of</strong> <strong>Enron</strong> and manipulative devices and a fraudulent course <strong>of</strong> business <strong>of</strong> <strong>Enron</strong>, which<br />

operated to defraud purchasers <strong>of</strong> <strong>Enron</strong>'s publicly traded securities during the Class Period.<br />

D. Involvement <strong>of</strong> CS First Boston<br />

693. CS First Boston is a financial services enterprise that had an extensive and extremely<br />

close relationship with <strong>Enron</strong>. During the Class Period, CS First Boston provided both commercial<br />

banking and investment banking services to <strong>Enron</strong>, helped structure and/or finance several <strong>of</strong> <strong>Enron</strong>'s<br />

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