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Plaintiffs' Expert Reveals Fraud by Lawyers in Ecuador Lawsuit
In Sworn Deposition, Expert Denies Authoring Reports Submitted in His Name
加州圣拉蒙，2010年4月5日-原告的律师起诉雪佛龙公司（NYSE:CVX）向厄瓜多尔法院提交了欺诈性报告，声称在亚马逊油井发现了危险污染，原告的原始技术专家上周在宣誓证词中透露。
Charles W. Calmbacher, Ph.D, a U.S. biologist and industrial hygienist who was the first expert appointed on behalf of the plaintiffs in the litigation pending against Chevron in Lago Agrio, Ecuador, testified in a court-ordered deposition last week that reports associated with inspections of the Sacha 94 and Shushufindi 48 well sites were submitted in his name without his knowledge or consent. Dr. Calmbacher said he had never concluded the sites posed a risk to human health or the environment and that his opinions were known to the plaintiffs' legal and technical teams in Ecuador. Nevertheless, the plaintiffs' lawyers submitted reports contradictory to Dr. Calmbacher's conclusions, fraudulently using his signature months after he ceased his participation in the case.
雪佛龙副总裁兼总法律顾问休伊特·帕特说：“他们自己的专家已经证实，原告最早的两份报告是欺诈性的，证实厄瓜多尔的审判从一开始就受到了玷污。”雪佛龙将向拉戈阿格里奥法院提出申诉，要求其撤销原告虚假的Sacha 94和Shushufindi 48报告，并呼吁当局调查不当行为。”
2003年对雪佛龙提起诉讼后，原告律师提名卡尔姆巴赫博士，法院任命他对原厄瓜多尔石油公司德士古石油公司（Texaco Petroleum Co.）特许区内的油井现场进行司法检查，以评估所称的环境损害。2004年8月至10月，卡尔巴赫博士领导了对原告的检查，监督土壤和水样本的采集。
2月和欺骗性的报告被提交March 2005, and later used by Lago Agrio court appointee Richard Cabrera in his $27 billion damage assessment against Chevron. Cabrera never investigated Sacha 94 or Shushufindi 48, yet specified more than $101 million damages based on the fabricated findings. Dr. Calmbacher also inspected Sacha 6 and Sacha 21, yet the plaintiffs' lawyers failed to submit reports containing his conclusions regarding those well sites. Dr. Calmbacher testified that he did not find a risk to human health or the environment, or a need for further clean-up, at any of the Texaco Petroleum-remediated sites he inspected. He also said he never concluded that Texaco Petroleum's remediation in Ecuador in the 1990's was not successful.
卡尔姆巴赫博士在3月29日由美国联邦法院下令的证词中说，他在2004年底通过隔夜快递将签名页和空白页寄给原告的法律团队，以便提交他认为会包含真实调查结果的报告。Calmbacher博士还作证说，原告律师从未通知他，Lago Agrio法院在2005年由他签字提交报告后，命令他回答有关报告的问题。
雪佛龙公司长期以来一直声称，这起诉讼毫无根据，而且存在许多违规和欺诈行为。该公司去年9月向海牙常设仲裁法院提出仲裁要求，声称厄瓜多尔对拉戈阿格里奥诉讼的处理相当于违反了《美国-厄瓜多尔双边投资条约》。
To view Dr. Calmbacher's full sworn deposition, seem.hnhanxing.com/ecuador/depo.pdf. 有关厄瓜多尔诉讼的更多信息，请访问m.hnhanxing.com/ecuador.
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出版日期：2010年4月