Tag: US Justice Department

• Friday, July 3rd 2015 - 07:38 UTC

  BP agrees to a $18.7bn settlement on claims from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill

  

  UK oil and gas giant BP said it has reached an $18.7 billion settlement of damages claims from the US government and five states after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill. The US Justice Department said it could be the largest settlement with a single entity in US history and the total value would top $20 billion.

• Thursday, May 28th 2015 - 05:56 UTC

  FIFA's key sponsor express “serious concern” following corruption allegations

  

  Key sponsors of FIFA have expressed “serious concern” after the US accused senior officials of football's governing body of racketeering, fraud and money laundering. Coca-Cola said the World Cup had been “tarnished” by “lengthy controversy”.

• Thursday, May 28th 2015 - 05:40 UTC

  US formalizes extradition request of three Argentines allegedly involved in FIFA investigation

  

  Argentina's foreign ministry confirmed late Wednesday that United States had officially requested the extradition of three Argentine citizens allegedly involved in the US Justice Department investigation into FIFA corrupt dealings.

• Friday, January 30th 2015 - 08:19 UTC

  Argentine-born scientist to prison for providing US nuclear information to alleged Venezuelan agents

  

  A U.S. judge sentenced an Argentine-born scientist, now a nationalized American, to five years in prison for providing secret nuclear information to an FBI agent posing as a Venezuelan government official, the Justice Department announced.

• Wednesday, October 23rd 2013 - 00:01 UTC

  JP Morgan faces record 13 billion dollars fine for mortgage-backed securities

  

  US banking giant JP Morgan is set for a record 13 billion dollars fine to settle investigations into its mortgage-backed securities, US media reports have said. A tentative deal is believed to have been reached in talks with senior US Justice Department officials.