keywords: enron brokerage barges corp deals
text: Enron deals were sham, court told HOUSTONMerrill Lynch  amp; Co. drafted a letter in mid-June, 2000, instructing Enron Corp. to wire \$7.5 million (US) to a specified account by the end of that month to buy out the brokerage #39;s \$7 million investment in three barges.