Saturday, December 27, 2008
This is one bad mofo'
Remember the guy who bid against the oil & gas companies at the latest Bush lease giveaway? The one that was arrested for causing the companies to bid more than they were promised by the Bushies?
"The federal officials who took me into custody said that I cost the oil companies in the room hundreds of thousands of dollars and prevented 22,500 acres of land from being sold for fossil fuel development,"He has a legal defense fund and an easy defense. You see, they want to charge him with making false statements to get into the auction. If he can pay for the $1.7 Million in leases he won, there is no crime.
Paying for the leases could keep DeChristopher out of legal trouble. The U.S. Attorney's Office for Utah told the Deseret News earlier this week that it is still screening the case against DeChristopher to determine whether it will seek a federal grand jury indictment. The charge being considered is likely one of making a false statement.Send him some love this holiday season and help keep part of our country free and clean.
DeChristopher, 27, has admitted to bidding to run up the value of some parcels. He won 13 parcels of land but said he had no intention of paying for them. When other bidders became suspicious, he was taken into custody by federal authorities.
Subscribe to Posts [Atom]
Post a Comment