CITGO Petroleum and Subsidiary Found Guilty of Environmental Crimes
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To: LEGAL AFFAIRS EDITORS  Contact: U.S. Department of Justice, +1-202-514-2007, TDD: +1- 202-514-1888   WASHINGTON, June 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A federal jury in Corpus Christi, Texas, found CITGO Petroleum Corp., and its subsidiary, CITGO Refining and Chemicals Co.
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Citgo Petroleum Corp. will pay a $3.6 million fine in a settlement with the US Justice Department and also spend $320 million to cut air pollution from six of its refineries, the government said on Wednesday.
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A jury in Siberia found a Russian scientist guilty Friday of illegally passing documents to China, the latest ruling in a lengthy case in which the defendant was first acquitted, then ordered retried.
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Scott Peterson was found guilty of murder today by a California jury for killing his wife, Laci Peterson, and the coupleÂs unborn child.
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A former state legislator was convicted Tuesday of trading his legislative influence for bribes from a company that was seeking to profit from a proposed natural gas pipeline.
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A U.S. jury on Friday found a former Coca-Cola Co.  executive assistant guilty of conspiring to steal trade secrets of the beverage giant and trying to sell them to rival PepsiCo Inc.  for as much as $1.5 million.
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Three Irishmen acquitted of training Colombian Marxist guerrillas are found guilty on appeal.
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A JURY in Houston, Texas, today delivered criminal convictions against four bankers and an Enron executive in a case stemming from a money-losing project of electricity-generating barges off the coast of Nigeria.
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Companies and individuals found responsible for environmental disasters should face criminal charges, the European Union's executive said
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Two men were convicted Thursday for their roles in the nation's deadliest human smuggling attempt &#151; a journey that ended in the deaths of 19 illegal immigrants crammed in a sweltering tractor-trailer.
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A FIRST Enron executive to face criminal charges has been found guilty along with four former Merrill Lynch bankers in a conspiracy and fraud trial that, while a sideline to the Enron scandal, leads the way to further prosecutions.
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A former vice chairman of the Cendant Corporation, the real estate and travel services concern, was found guilty of presiding over accounting fraud.
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A three-judge panel Wednesday found a former interior minister guilty of fueling violence in East Timor a year ago that ultimately led to the downfall of the government and sentenced him to 7 1/2 years in prison.
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UK regulators said Royal Dutch/Shell Group, Europe&#39;s second-largest oil company, was guilty of ``unprecedented misconduct&#39;&#39; in overstating reserves that led to fines of $151.
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CONWAY, Ark. - A farmer who dumped three tons of manure on the route of a gay pride parade to protest the event was found guilty Thursday of misdemeanor harassment...
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A Japanese court found a former head of Mitsubishi Motors Corp  and three other former executives guilty of negligence leading to the death of a truck driver, a court official said on Wednesday.
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A Paris court convicts French oil company Total of maritime pollution over the 1999 sinking of the tanker Erika.