Halliburton to plead guilty to destroying evidence in 2010 Gulf oil spill

[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] announced Thursday that Halliburton Energy Services [corporate website; JURIST news archive] has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence [press release] in connection with the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill [JURIST news archive] in the Gulf of Mexico. Halliburton stands accused of destroying the results of an internal investigation into the well's construction to determine what caused the accident. As part of the plea agreement, Halliburton has agreed to admit its...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/07/halliburton-to-plead-guilty-to-destroying-evidence-in-2010-gulf-oil-spill.php

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