Looks like Nacy Heinen and Fred Anderson - Apple's former general counsel and CFO, respectively - are coming out swinging. So far Heinen and Anderson are the only two Apple execs to take a public fall for the company's stock option backdating, but both may still have a great deal to say about the role of Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

Official charges against Heinen are expected from the SEC as soon as this week. She has vowed to fight. Anderson, on the other hand, has cut a deal with the SEC - paying $3.5 million to settle backdating-related charges against him.

More on all the schenanigans from Palo Alto, via the FT - here and here.

-- MDT

Labels: Apple, backdating, corporate scandal, Fred Anderson, Nancy Heinen, SEC, stock options