Watchdog Group Offers $50,000 Reward for Information Leading to Conviction of Massey Energy Officials for Bribery
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WASHINGTON, May 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- StopTheChamber.com, a national watchdog group dedicated to government and corporate accountability, today offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any Massey Energy executive for paying a bribe to any federal official for any purpose, including to cover up or ignore safety violations, pass legislation, or install or appoint pro-Massey people in key oversight positions.
On April 14, 2010, StopTheChamber.com attorney Kevin Zeese wrote a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder requesting a criminal investigation of Massey Energy and its CEO Don Blankenship for engaging in a pattern of criminal activity. "Our letter and the new FBI investigation of Massey Energy provide a strong basis to believe that Massey, its CEO Don Blankenship and/or other executive Massey staff spent vast amounts of money to ensure that federal officials overlooked its pattern of criminal activity," said Mr. Zeese.See the full content of this document
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Watchdog Group Offers $50,000 Reward for Information Leading to Conviction of Massey Energy Officials for Bribery
Among the letter's long list of criminal allegations was a cover- up of the massive, October 2000 coal slurry spill in Martin County, Kentucky, called one of the "nati...
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