Saturday, May 5, 2012

Chevron seeks bank records in Ecuador environmental suit

Reuters: Chevron Corp went to federal court in Miami on Friday seeking to force an Ecuadorean bank to release records of alleged bribes the company says were paid to an independent expert in a multi-billion dollar environmental lawsuit against the oil company. The company is seeking records of eight bank accounts at the Banco Pichincha, an Ecuadorean bank with a branch in Miami that Chevron says was a conduit for $360,000 in "illicit payments" to the independent expert, Richard Cabrera. Cabrera was...

URL: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/05/us-usa-lawsuit-chevron-idUSBRE84401A20120505?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29
Enclosure: http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20120505&t=2&i=603180941&w=460&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=CBRE844026V00

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