Posts Tagged ‘settlements’

Coast man gets 12-plus years in prison for fraudulent oil spill claims

by Associated Press Published: June 8,2012

Tags: accident, courts, energy, explosion, gas, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, restaurants, seafood, settlements, tourism, tourists, vacationers, vacationing, vacations, visitors

GULFPORT ­ A Gulfport man, identified as the mastermind of a family scheme to illegally obtain about $100,000 in oil spill recovery money, has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison. The Sun Herald reports U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden sentenced 50-year-old Bobby Earl Keys to 12½ years in prison for claiming lost [...] [...]

Settlements reached in Stennis whistleblower case

by Associated Press Published: September 30,2011

Tags: aerospace, contract steering, contracts, courts, defense, military, settlements

HANCOCK COUNTY — The Justice Department said two companies and three individuals have agreed to pay $22.6 million as part of a whistleblower lawsuit that accused them of rigging a contract at Stennis Space Center. The 2009 lawsuit, filed in federal court in Mississippi, claimed three current or former federal employees conspired to steer a [...] [...]

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