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Infamy?Shocking! NOT.
Freedom Industries President facing federal fraud charges
Charleston, WV - Gary Southern, President of Freedom Industries during the January 2014 MCHM spill into the Elk River, is facing charges of bankruptcy fraud, lying under oath and wire fraud.
According to the criminal complaint filed in federal court in Charleston, Southern lied under oath about his role at Freedom Industries prior to the spill in order to deflect blame from himself and protect himself financially.
FBI Special Agent James Lafferty II says in the criminal complaint that Southern engaged "in a pattern of deceitful behavior, which included numerous false and/or fraudulent statements about his role at Freedom, his role in the sale of Freedom to Chemstream, and his knowledge about conditions at the Etowah Facility.
In bankruptcy court, Southern said under oath that his role with Freedom Industries prior to its sale to Chemstream, a Pennsylvania company that bought Freedom on December 6, 2013, was as a "part-time financial-type consultant," and that his role in Freedom Industries sale to Chemstream was "superficial."
MOre..
http://www.wvnstv.com/story/27579668/freedom-industries-president-facing-federal-fraud-charges
FEMA to the Rescue.. Were they grateful? I hope so.
FEMA Brings Water to Residents Affected by Water Ban
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024332714
Ooops .. Lies didn't work this time.
If this was posted on here earlier I missed it... but, great news even though happened in earlier part of December. I just saw it on FB.
UPDATE.. "Four Executives Indicted From Company Behind West Virginia Chemical Spill"
The U.S. Attorney Generals office has filed an indictment against four executives of the company that contaminated drinking water for 300,000 West Virginians this past January, alleging violations of the Clean Water Act.
The indictment marks the second time this month that former Freedom Industries CEO Gary Southern has been charged with violations related to a massive chemical spill that saw 10,000 gallons of a coal-cleaning chemical called crude MCHM dumped into West Virginias Elk River. Also named in Wednesdsays indictment are company ex-president Dennis Farrell, former secretary William Tis, and onetime vice president Charles Herzing.
MOre..
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/12/17/3604981/four-freedom-industries-execs-indicted/
Freaking Polluters WooooHooooo! Thank you, FBI!
Rhiannon12866
(202,970 posts)Cha
(295,899 posts)Thank you for the K&R~
Rhiannon12866
(202,970 posts)And I'm always glad to be able to K&R good news!
Cha
(295,899 posts)Getting hoisted on his own petard, I'd say.
Rhiannon12866
(202,970 posts)He reminds me of that unscrupulous owner of the Sago Mine that exploded and trapped and killed 12 miners in West Virginia back in 2006.
Cha
(295,899 posts)http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/04/national/04cnd-mine.html?pagewanted=all
Rhiannon12866
(202,970 posts)How do these bastards live with themselves, anyway??
Cha
(295,899 posts)Sweet Karma
Rhiannon12866
(202,970 posts)Cleaning up the pollution...
Cha
(295,899 posts)Rhiannon12866
(202,970 posts)Had CNN on earlier and they were going live with "breaking news," all about the missing plane despite having no information. You'd think they would have learned...
Cha
(295,899 posts)for massive Pollution and 3 of his gang?.. Nah, not on their agenda of what the people need to know.
More missing airplane news? Sure that'll work. smh
Rhiannon12866
(202,970 posts)This slimeball stuck in my mind. Just passed by CNN again and they're discussing the weather - in the likely vicinity of that missing plane. I'd like nothing better than if they found it safe and sound, but there is literally no information. After the break, they're going to do a comparison to the previous missing plane...
Cha
(295,899 posts)glad you do, R.
Haven't seen cnn since Nov.. 2002.. thanks for the update.
OT.. I was listening to Pandora's the other night and heard this song by Fleetwood Mac.. and not the first time lately.. finally getting around to asking you about it?
Is that you?! I'd never seen the name before that I remember..
Warpy
(110,900 posts)and it will likely take many decades for it to disappear from the creek and groundwater, decades of needing to wait for the water truck so you can cook some dinner.
Justice will be served if they don't just throw those bastards into prison but only if they take all their wealth and use it to make sure everybody in the area and downstream has safe drinking water for as long as it takes for that shit to clear out of it.
They didn't give a shit who they poisoned, they didn't give a shit if they killed the kids. They need to be deprived of the only thing they ever did give a shit about, money.
Wives will get Social Security and the proceeds from the family home. Children will have to get jobs. Welcome to our world.
Cha
(295,899 posts)'Course he lied about, too.
malaise
(267,799 posts)for these scumbags
sheshe2
(83,324 posts)Jail time.
Gotta go Cha~
Cha
(295,899 posts)if you were even around.
Thank you for the Bonsoir K&R~
Cha
(295,899 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,272 posts)Cha
(295,899 posts)StevePaulson
(174 posts)I am sure some right wing judge will throw out the verdict, and they won't spend one second in jail.
Look at the Exxon Valdez case. What did Exxon pay? $20. I think it wa 1/20th of the verdict. Right wing corporate owned judges do a lot for the corporations that elect them now don't they?
Tom DeLay.
Then look at Don Siegelman.
Justice is what money can buy. The more money you have the more justice you will get.
So you think the West Virginia Neanderthals inspected all the other chemical storage sites to see how many of them were storing deadly chemicals in leaky rusty shitholes? You know, so they can avoid this happening again?
Kinda reminds me of the fertilizer plant the blew up, and killed half the town, and the owners pretty much lied about every single thing to the once ever 50 year inspectors.
Cha
(295,899 posts)Dustlawyer
(10,493 posts)(Bribe) of his buddies, the attorneys he appointed to the Plaintiff's Steering Committee (PSC) to represent the victims of the BP oil spill. BP has offered $660,000,000 to the PSC for agreeing to the terrible Class Action Settlement where currently 75% of the victims are being denied and the other 25% being paid a pittance of their losses. The kicker is that the PSC doesn't get the money unless the settlement makes it through without being overturned. The Judge would not let us speak at the un-"Fairness Hearing" to explain our objections to this virtually one-sided agreement. All of the points we made in the brief that we filed for the hearing have come sadly true, yet the PSC will not try to overturn the very bad deal because they lose the $660,000,000!
To make matters worse, BP had inserted a sealed provision that said that they reserved the right to back out of the deal if a certain percentage of claimants opted out of it. The Judge sent letters to our clients who opted out advising them they could opt back in if they filled out the enclosed form and sent it back to the court. The Judge never sent us the letter or notified us he was contacting our clients and advising them to do something we advised against.
This is only the tip of the iceberg in the most corrupt case of all time!
herding cats
(19,549 posts)Bankruptcy fraud, wire fraud, lying under oath and federal pollution charges!
I hope he goes down hard, right along with his three buddies.
Cha
(295,899 posts)by Lying.. Really? Shouldn't have LIED.. they might have gotten by easier.. it's the cover up, right herding cats?!
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Cha
(295,899 posts)snip//
Three former owners of Freedom Industries were also indicted. Dennis P. Farrell, 58, William E. Tis, 60, and Charles E. Herzing, 63, were indicted on charges of negligent discharge of a pollutant and negligent discharge of refuse matter. They face up to three years in prison.
snip//
Two other men who worked for Freedom Industries at the time -- Michael Burdette and Robert Reynolds -- also face charges that they violated the Clean Water Act.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said the Department of Justice was committed to vigorously enforcing the Clean Water Act.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/17/justice/west-virginia-water-contamination/
Thank you, freshwest! G'Night~ Mahalo AG Holder!
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Cha
(295,899 posts)prosecuting Violations against the Clean Water Act.
And, you're most welcome~
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Expect to see Republican outrage over this as if it's an insult to GOD to even QUESTION the Holy Rich.
As representatives of the government they hate they will stand in line to offer their heartfelt apology.
(Trust me, I could easily outdo The Rude Pundit on the description of the form said apology would take)
Cha
(295,899 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Cha
(295,899 posts)clean rivers, lakes, and streams.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Cha
(295,899 posts)Brigid
(17,621 posts)Cha
(295,899 posts)MOre..
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2538144/Were-not-Reporter-corners-arrogant-CEO-tries-avoid-questions-chemical-spillage-thats-left-300-000-people-without-water-brazenly-drinks-bottled-water-camera.html
Is it me.. or does Mr Southern look like he's not a had very good year?
brer cat
(24,401 posts)K&R and thanks!
Cha
(295,899 posts)So much doom and gloom and here's the DOJ indicting this gang on Violating the Clean Water Act. Hope it deters others from being such negligent polluters.
Cha
(295,899 posts)Cha
(295,899 posts)spanone
(135,632 posts)Cha
(295,899 posts)Cha
(295,899 posts)Cha
(295,899 posts)Brigid
(17,621 posts)Cha
(295,899 posts)MOre..
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2538144/Were-not-Reporter-corners-arrogant-CEO-tries-avoid-questions-chemical-spillage-thats-left-300-000-people-without-water-brazenly-drinks-bottled-water-camera.html
niyad
(112,431 posts)Cha
(295,899 posts)are lined up neatly in their rows. Don't Mess with our Clean Water Act. The DOJ means business.
Cha
(295,899 posts)and many more should come. I'd like to see those brothers from KS do the perpwalk only their sentence should be more "in kind" like the "Man without a country" kind of thing. Not let them set foot in this country ever again, nationalize their assets for overthrowing/buying/owning/appropriating our government.
But this will do for today.
Cha
(295,899 posts)it will be a deterrent to would be polluters because these guys are going to get the max 3 years. I would not want to spend 3 years in jail.
Thanks 2naSalit
blackspade
(10,056 posts)Southern is has-ing a sad
rewinn
(23 posts)Have faith in the one-dollar-one-vote system!!!
Cha
(295,899 posts)Cha
(295,899 posts)gop admin.. don't think so.
blackspade
calimary
(80,693 posts)forcing them to drink the water they poisoned. These assholes perpetrate this shit because they can. Because they're rarely ever held responsible. Because they aren't forced to hurt in some way. Like ALL their money taken from them and distributed to their victims. Like the wrongs they committed against others are directly and individually visited back upon THEM. Like NONE of the fines and financial penalties are deductible. Not a nickel's worth! Like NONE of the costs and troubles are escapade. They get to swallow it ALL. And wear it around for a LONG time.
Maybe there would be some deterrent. SOME deterrent that would put some future fiends off trying something like that themselves.
Cha
(295,899 posts)a deterrent to others who would violate the Clean Water Act.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)The FBI should be more focused on pot smokers. They should leave these hard working American job creators alone.
Cha
(295,899 posts)WillyT
(72,631 posts)appalachiablue
(41,048 posts)Cha
(295,899 posts)appalachiablue
(41,048 posts)Wonder where they'll do time, hope not the Greenbrier Resort. Knew a woman who worked for DOJ in DC, carried a piece in a holster under her jacket. When Martha Stewart came up, she mentioned she'd seen her contentedly mopping at Alderson's Women's Prison in WV during a work outing. Hearing about that place used to scare he bejesus out of us when young-
Cha
(295,899 posts)water to dipping into his own special blend of Elk River Water.