oil spill claim News

Federal Court Orders $1.6M in Claim Money Returned to BP

A federal court has ordered repayment of more than $1.6 million in claim money paid to an Alabama couple’s business after BP’s 2010 Gulf Oil Spill. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier’s order says the payment to Vision Design Management “was …

Louisiana Woman Pleads Guilty to Fraud

A 29-year-old New Orleans, La., woman has pleaded guilty to mail fraud relating to a fraudulent application she made for help after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente says Alicia Wells entered the plea Friday before …

Florida Hotel Sues BP Over Oil Spill Claim

A landmark Tampa Bay area hotel claims BP has failed to pay an oil-spill claim of more than $5 million. The Don Cesar Resort Hotel on St. Pete Beach filed a lawsuit against BP Exploration and Production Tuesday in Houston, …

Trial Set for Mississippi Man Charged in Oil Spill Claim Fraud

A Feb. 7 trial date has been set for a man charged with submitting a fraudulent claim to the fund set of for victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Moses W. Keys is charged with one federal fraud …