Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Arrest #1


Kurt Mix was a drilling and completions engineer for BP. He was involved in trying to estimate the flow of oil from the Deepwater well and stop it. He is charged with obstruction of justice for deliberately destroying evidence.  Despite being told by BP to save all his messages, he is accused of deleting about 200 messages with his boss and 100 with a contractor.  If convicted, Mix faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and fines of up to $250,000 per count.

Will any higher-ups be brought to trial?  If it's like the financial world, the answer is "No".

1 comment:

R J Adams said...

The phrase, "Whipping Boy", comes to mind.