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January 21, 2021
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Oil Company Employee Indicted For Illegal Discharge, False Statements

NEW ORLEANS – United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that on January 15, 2021 a grand jury indicted PATRICK HUSE, age 40, of Perkinston, Mississippi, for criminal conduct related to oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.
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January 21, 2021
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Oil Company Employee Indicted For Rendering Safety Systems Inaccurate, Negligent Discharge

NEW ORLEANS – United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that on January 15, 2021 a grand jury indicted BRANDON WALL, age 42, of Ville Platte, Louisiana, for criminal conduct related to oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico.

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November 10, 2020
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Clarkston Business Owner and Federal Government Contracting Officer Indicted for Bribery Scheme

Spokane – Today, William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced the indictment of Christopher Hamilton Clemens, 39, of Clarkston, Washington, Hamilton’s West LLC, a Clarkston, Washington business owned...

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