Halliburton Agrees To Plead Guilty To Destroying Evidence Relating To Deepwater Horizon Spill
Will have to pay maximum fine
US company Halliburton will plead guilty to destroying evidence relating to the 2010 Gulf Of Mexico oil spill.
The plea agreement, which is subject to court approval, means Halliburton will have to pay the maximum possible fine.
The spill occurred at BP's Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico and was the worst in US history.
BP had accused Houston-based Halliburton, its contractor, of destroying evidence and asked it to pay for all damages.
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Fine?!?!? Destroying evidence in either a civil or criminal case is a felony. Some person within the organization destroyed evidence in an ongoing investigation, and likely at the direction of some other employee. So I see at least one, and possibly two criminal indictments here.