The architect of the biggest financial fraud in history was released

Jeffrey Skilling spent more time behind the barriers than he worked with at Enron Corp., the powerful energy giant who helped turn ash.

Skilling was released from federal custody on Thursday after twelve years and two months of fraud, conspiracy and confidential trading, which began at that time the largest corporate bankruptcy in US history.

During the 11-year odyssey at Enron, Skilling and his brothers, such as Andrew Fastow, put armed dark financial instruments with names like Talon and JEDI, which became time bombs under the company's superstructure. After his promotion to the Executive Director at the beginning of 2001, Skilling resigned abruptly in August of that year. Less than four months later, Enron filed for bankruptcy.

Skilling, 65, spent the last six months of his sentence in the Houston area in a re-entry center or home reintegration center in the language of the Federal Prison Bureau. Daniel Petrocelli, a lawyer who represented Skilling at the 2013 hearing that cut a decade of his sentence, did not return a voice message.