"I don't think I'm a criminal, number one"

Kenneth Lay's quote recommends that he does not believe he has dedicated any criminal acts. This is likely in referral to the criminal charges he faced in the Enron scandal. Lay was the CEO of Enron, and was implicated of scams and insider trading. He was condemned of 10 counts of securities scams and related charges, and was sentenced to prison. Nevertheless, Lay preserved his innocence throughout the trial, and his quote suggests that he still believed he was not guilty of any criminal acts. This quote is a reflection of Lay's strong belief in his own innocence, and his rejection to accept the charges against him. It also functions as a pointer of the intricacy of the Enron scandal, and the problem of identifying regret in such an intricate case.