A special master responsible for identifying fraudulent claims against BP PLC’s $9.2 billion settlement over its 2010 oil spill is asking for the return of $580,000 paid to three commercial fishermen who submitted allegedly false tax returns.
Former FBI director Louis Freeh, who already has asked for more than $1 million from four claimants, filed motions this month against three more. The U.S. Supreme Court declined this month to take up BP’s appeal challenging its own settlement, which resolves claims for economic damages by individuals and businesses. BP has maintained that the way in which the 2012 settlement has been interpreted has led to fraud.
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