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unhappycamper

(60,364 posts)
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 10:04 AM Jan 2014

Judge to sentence ex-Halliburton manager

http://gazette.com/judge-to-sentence-ex-halliburton-manager/article/feed/80506

Judge to sentence ex-Halliburton manager
Published: January 21, 2014

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A former Halliburton manager faces a possible prison term when a federal judge sentences him for destroying evidence in the aftermath of BP's massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Anthony Badalamenti is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Jay Zainey in New Orleans. Badalamenti pleaded guilty in October to one misdemeanor count of destruction of evidence and faces a maximum sentence of 1 year in prison and a $100,000 fine.

Badalamenti was the cementing technology director for Halliburton Energy Services Inc., BP's cement contractor on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. Prosecutors say the resident of Katy, Texas, instructed two Halliburton employees to delete data during a post-spill review of the cement job on BP's blown-out Macondo well.
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Judge to sentence ex-Halliburton manager (Original Post) unhappycamper Jan 2014 OP
I'm sure Halliburton will take care of him LiberalEsto Jan 2014 #1
Low-hanging fruit and scapegoat. tblue Jan 2014 #2
Yep. "Manager" is about 8 layers from where the actual corruption lies. Doctor_J Jan 2014 #3
And he got: unhappycamper Jan 2014 #4
$100,000 dollars seems like a "burp"…. MrMickeysMom Jan 2014 #5
 

LiberalEsto

(22,845 posts)
1. I'm sure Halliburton will take care of him
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 10:52 AM
Jan 2014

by giving him a huge bonus and a cushy job after he's released.

tblue

(16,350 posts)
2. Low-hanging fruit and scapegoat.
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 11:40 AM
Jan 2014

A working-class stiff is the only one to go to prison after something like this? Perfect solution for the company's brass.

unhappycamper

(60,364 posts)
4. And he got:
Wed Jan 22, 2014, 10:09 AM
Jan 2014

probation

http://www.adn.com/2014/01/21/3283608/judge-to-sentence-halliburton.html



Anthony Badalamenti leaves Federal Court in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. The former Halliburton manager was sentenced Tuesday to one year of probation for destroying evidence in the aftermath of BP's massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Badalamenti, of Katy, Texas, had faced a maximum of one year in prison at his sentencing by U.S. District Judge Jay Zainey. Badalamenti pleaded guilty in October to one misdemeanor count of destruction of evidence.

Halliburton manager gets probation in Gulf spill
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Associated Press
January 21, 2014 Updated 19 hours ago

NEW ORLEANS — A former Halliburton manager apologized to his family and friends Tuesday before a federal judge sentenced him to one year of probation for destroying evidence in the aftermath of BP's massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Anthony Badalamenti, of Katy, Texas, had faced a maximum of one year in prison at his sentencing by U.S. District Judge Jay Zainey. Badalamenti pleaded guilty in October to one misdemeanor count of destruction of evidence.

The 62-year-old also has to perform 100 hours of community service and pay a $1,000 fine.

Badalamenti was the cementing technology director for Halliburton Energy Services Inc., BP's cement contractor on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. Prosecutors said he instructed two Halliburton employees to delete data during a post-spill review of the cement job on BP's blown-out Macondo well.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
5. $100,000 dollars seems like a "burp"….
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 08:13 AM
Jan 2014

… in the destroyed food chain of life.

This is Halliburton's "cost of doing business"? For shame...

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