KANSAS CITY, KAN. ? Jurors spent a seventh day Thursday deliberating in the federal fraud trial of two former Westar Energy Inc. executives without reaching a verdict.

Former chief executive officer David Wittig and former chief strategy officer Douglas Lake are facing 40 counts each of conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering and circumvention of internal controls. Prosecutors claim the men used a series of schemes to inflate their compensation, hide their actions from the Topeka-based utility and its shareholders and used company attorneys to remove their critics from the board of directors.

The two deny the charges.

Jurors are taking today off and will return for deliberations Monday.