Brian Swint

BP Fined $4.5 Billion Over 2010 Spill, the Largest Settlement in U.S. History

Oil giant British Petroleum has agreed to pay a record fine of  $4.5 billion  to settle criminal charges related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon  disaster.  It’s the largest criminal penalty in U.S. history. Bloomberg News reporter  Brian Swint  is following the story in London. “This should cover  criminal charges  against BP as a company,” Swint explains. Though BP already made a partial settlement […]