Plot summary
Goren and Eames investigate the assault and subsequent car accident of a corporate finance officer, Elizabeth Dawson ( Cindy Katz ), and the murder of her boyfriend. They stumble upon a corporate accounting fraud/ stock manipulation scheme and discover that Dawson had initially refused to sign the corporation's statements because accounting irregularities. The detectives uncover evidence that her corporation's Chief Financial Officer Jack Crawley ( Bruce Altman ) had arranged for her car accident and for her to be subsequently framed for her boyfriend's murder. They establish that Crawley then offered to provide her with an alibi in exchange for signing the fraudulent accounting statements and boosting the company's stock value. Inspired by the Enron scandal.
Credits
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