Federal prosecutors are considering criminal charges against individual BP engineers for allegedly providing federal regulators with false information related to the safety of the well that was at the center of the nation's largest offshore oil spill, according to a source involved with the case.
The source said it is not yet clear if the Department of Justice will target individual BP employees or focus on charges against the company. But the source said a decision could be made as soon as next month.
Read the whole story at the Houston Chronicle.
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