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Ecuador lawsuit: Chevron said to U.S. Dept of Justice and Ecuador, expert is a fraud

Chevron notifies U.S. Dept. of Justice and Ecuador's Prosecutor General of fraud in connection with Ecuador lawsuit

Throughout the year, Chevron has been engaged in discovery proceedings in several U.S. federal courts and the process has yielded significant evidence demonstrating that representatives of the Lago Agrio plaintiffs have engaged in a fraud on the Lago Agrio court.

The attached letter and supporting documents were delivered yesterday afternoon to Ecuador’s Prosecutor General, Washington Pesantez, as well as the Assistant Chief of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section at the U.S. Department of Justice. The letter outlines the evidence collected so far, demonstrating that the Lago Agrio plaintiffs’ representatives and consultants colluded with the court-appointed, supposedly independent expert, Richard Stalin Cabrera Vega, to illicitly pass off their work product as the work of Mr. Cabrera. Through this scheme, the plaintiffs’ representatives and Mr. Cabrera violated the expert’s obligations of transparency and impartiality, and they committed a fraud on the Lago Agrio court.

Such action has potential criminal implications in Ecuador as well as the United States.

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Petroleukmworld.com 07/19/2010

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