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First Criminal Charges Filed Over BP Oil Spill

By Kevin Fayle on April 24, 2012 12:21 PM

The Department of Justice has charged a former BP engineer with two counts of obstruction of justice in the first criminal case to come out of the devastating 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  The DOJ accuses Kurt Mix of intentionally destroying evidence sought by federal criminal authorities during their investigation into the largest accidental marine oil spill.
First Criminal Charges Filed Over BP Oil Spill

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