[BITList] The Justice Department is considering criminal charges and civil penalties

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Criminal charges being considered against BP in Gulf oil rig tragedy
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The Justice Department is considering criminal charges and civil penalties. If gross negligence is found, fines for the nearly 5 million barrels of oil spilled would balloon from a ceiling of around $5 billion to as much as $18 billion. BP could be found criminally liable as a corporation, and individual employees, three of whom have already invoked their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination, could also be prosecuted.


http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/09/criminal_charges_being_conside.html
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