Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
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29/07/2015 - 01/01/1990 | BP (Beyond Petroleum) | Leaked 330 page documents know as "Deception Dossiers" show that major oil companies were aware of climate change linked to their products for decades, and used deceptive tactics to reverse the information and block public policy. "These include forged letters to Congress, secret funding of a supposedly independent scientist, the creation of fake grassroots organizations, multiple efforts to deliberately manufacture uncertainty about climate science." | Union of Concerned Scientists | Climate Change, Fraud | ||
24/11/2011 - 10/11/2011 | BP (Beyond Petroleum) | Accusations of "intentionally misleading the public about the seriousness" of a two-week release of toxic fumes, allegedly causing the affected county to have the worst air quality in the US. | Galveston County, TX, United States | Courthouse News Service | Consumer Deception, Fraud, Pollution | |
30/11/2008 - 01/10/2008 | BP (Beyond Petroleum) | US Regulators allege that BP manipulated the gas market through fraudulently trading physical natural gas in markets and trading points to increase the value of financial swing spread positions. | Texas, US | Reuters | Fraud, Market Fraud & Antitrust | |
31/12/2004 - 01/01/2003 | BP (Beyond Petroleum) | BP charged with cornering and manipulating the price of TET propane in 2003 and 2004 - $303 million in restitution and fines as part of an agreement to defer prosecution. | United States | US Commodity Futures Trading Commission | Consumer Deception, Fraud, Market Fraud & Antitrust | |
31/12/1995 - 01/01/1993 | BP (Beyond Petroleum) | Illegal discharge of waste oil, paint thinner and other toxic and hazardous substances by injecting them down oil wells. BP Exploration Alaska failed to report the illegal injections when it learned of the conduct; BP pleads guilty to criminal charges - $22 million. | Endicott Island, North Slope, AK, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Fraud, Pollution |