2 workers guilty in $1B fraud as feds sell Burt Reynolds' car

摘要

Two employees of a San Francisco Bay Area solar energy company pleaded guilty yesterday to participating inwhat federal prosecutors say was a massive scheme that defrauded investors of $1 billion.While the company's owners have not been charged, they agreed to let the government auction their collection of150 classic, performance and luxury vehicles, including a 1978 Pontiac Trans Am once owned by Burt Reynolds.The replica of the car the late actor drove in"Smokey and the Bandit" and the other vehicles areto be auctioned Saturday, with online biddingalready pushing the accumulated value past $5.5million.