去年11月的凯文沼泽，普通硅藻土首席执行官的恳求协议最终证明不是仍然是持续的联邦调查到V.C.夏季“核崩溃”，因为它被调查人员和其他人称为。
On June 10, U.S. attorneys宣布Carl Dean Churchman, a former Westinghouse vice president and project director for the abandoned South Carolina nuclear power plant expansion, as the third person—and the first contractor—to plead guilty in the fraud case. And he may not be the last person involved with the project to face possible charges, acting U.S. Attorney Rhett DeHart suggested in announcing the plea agreement.
"It’s clear that our investigation into the V.C. Summer nuclear debacle didn’t end with the SCANA case,” he said. “Our office is committed to seeing this investigation through and holding all individuals and companies who participated in this fiasco accountable.”
Churchman pleaded guilty to making a false statement to an FBI agent, a crime that carries a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison. As Marsh did in his plea deal, Churchman similarly promises to cooperate with federal state and local law enforcement agencies “until the investigation and prosecution in the criminal acts that occurred in relation to the failed V.C. Summer Nuclear plant expansion are complete,” according to the announcement by the U.S. Attorney's office in South Carolina.
Key Evidence: Westinghouse Email Chain
教堂犯罪涉及2017年初的斯堪的公开报告项目完成日期，即沼泽和其他公用事业管理人员知道是假的。2017年初的时间框架是值得注意的，因为Westinghouse最终在当年3月筹集破产保护。这一行动促成了斯堪的宪工和项目共同主人Santee Cooper的公告，于二零一七年七月七月后，这两个公用事业都放弃了该项目。
The decision by the utilities to放弃the project would ultimately trigger lengthy hearings by the South Carolina Public Service Commission in 2018 and also prompted state legislators to seek billions of dollars in restitution to ratepayers, who funded construction via a “nuclear fee” on their electric bills. Dominion Energy, which acquired SCANA, has previously agreed to provide roughly $4 billion in ratepayer relief.
The announcement of the Westinghouse executive’s plea deal noted that Churchman claimed “that he did not know the dates before they were reported,” and that he didn’t know who decided to report the dates to SCANA. According to Churchman’s LinkedIn page, he worked for Westinghouse Electric Co. from May 2015 to December 2019, when he was vice president and project director.
但是，Scana执行副总裁备忘录史蒂夫布尔恩- 他们在2020年7月20日到2017年7月的邮寄和电线欺诈犯罪事务所的批准证明，Churchman实际上已经报告了当年2月14日的甲段完成日期。
此外，教堂申请声称“在（他的）向业主报告完成日期之前，Westinghouse的高管没有咨询他。”然而，联邦官员使用“电子邮件和其他文件”以证明教堂对无知的主张是谎言，并指出“内部西部屋电子邮件链建立了教堂，并在2017年初讨论了该日期。”
由ENR达到，西屋发言新利18备用人表示，该公司无法对此事发表评论。
正如他们用沼泽的先导公告所做的那样，联邦调查人员再次宣告案件远非结束。
“调查显然正在进行中，”德哈特在哥伦比亚联邦地区法院的评论期间在6月10日表示。
“This is the first executive from a company other than SCANA to plead guilty," he said. "Two SCANA executives have pleaded guilty, and now a Westinghouse executive has pleaded guilty,” adding, “There’s more to come.”
