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U.S. Court Declares Ecuador Judgment Against Chevron Corporation Fraudulent, Unenforceable

SAN RAMON, CA., March 4, 2014 – The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York today ruled that the $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron Corporation in Ecuador was the product of fraud and racketeering activity, finding it unenforceable.

The nearly500-page ruling发现史蒂文·唐兹国，领导美国律师背后的厄瓜多尔诉讼，违反了联邦击球手受影响和腐败组织法案（Rico），敲诈勒索，洗钱，铁丝欺诈，国外腐败实践行为违规，见证篡改和阻挠在获得厄瓜多尔判决中的司法，试图掩盖他和他的员工罪。

法院发现Donziger和他的团队“写了[厄瓜多尔]法院的判断，并承诺了厄瓜多尔法官的50万美元，以统治他们的青睐并签署他们的判决。”正如刘易斯卡普兰的法官所说的那样法院的裁决: "The wrongful actions of Donziger and his Ecuadorian legal team would be offensive to the laws of any nation that aspires to the rule of law, including Ecuador – and they knew it. Indeed, one Ecuadorian legal team member, in a moment of panicky candor, admitted that if documents exposing just part of what they had done were to come to light, 'apart from destroying the proceeding, all of us, your attorneys, might go to jail.' It is time to face the facts."

“今天的决定是明确的：厄瓜多尔对雪佛龙的判决是一个欺诈，是犯罪行为的结果，少数腐败律师希望丰富自己，”雪佛龙副总裁兼总法律顾问说。“雪佛龙的声誉被劫持了人质，并举行了多元化的美元赎金。而不是屈服并支付这些罪犯，雪佛龙暴露了真相。雪佛龙对今天的判断感到高兴。我们相信任何尊重法治的法院会同样发现厄瓜多尔判决是非法和不可执行的。“

在七周的RICO和欺诈审判中，雪佛龙介绍了不屑一意的证据，详细说明了他的厄瓜多尔法国法律团队和其他联系人所采取的欺诈行为，包括制定环境证据，迫使科学专家伪造报告，策划恐吓法官致力于交出有利的裁决，贿赂法院指定的专家，革命法院报告，甚至起草最终判决。今天的判决明确说，Donziger和他的伙伴由于缺乏证据来支持他们对雪佛龙的索赔而缺乏欺诈。

Today's ruling prohibits Donziger and his associates from seeking to enforce the Ecuadorian judgment in the United States and further prohibits them from profiting from their illegal acts.

雪佛龙从未在厄瓜多尔运营。2001年成为雪佛龙子公司的德克萨克石油（Texpet）是厄瓜多尔石油生产联盟的少数伙伴，以及1964年至1992年的国有石油公司PetroeCuador。Texpet拒绝了其余份额之后1992年的石油业务于1992年，根据与厄瓜多尔协定，Texpet同意在致力于执行任何剩余的清理后进行所选生产基地的修复。厄瓜多尔政府监督并认证成功完成Texpet的补救，并从进一步的环境责任完全释放Texpet。然而，PetroeCuador未能开展清理，并继续在过去的20年中继续在前特许权中运营和扩大石油业务。

An international arbitration tribunal in The Hague has already ruled that the Republic of Ecuador released Texaco – and therefore Chevron – from liability for all public interest or collective environmental claims through agreements signed in the 1990s. The Lago Agrio plaintiffs' lawyers have repeatedly admitted, and the relief in the Lago Agrio judgment makes clear, that their claims are exclusively collective and not individual.

"Chevron believes that the people of the Oriente deserve a better quality of life. They lack basic infrastructure, including water and sewage treatment. We hope that this ruling will prompt the government of Ecuador and Petroecuador to finally take responsibility and address the issues facing the region and its people," Pate added.

雪佛龙是世界领先的集成能源公司之一，拥有全球商业的子公司。该公司的成功是由其员工的聪明才智和承诺的推动及其在世界上最具创新性技术的应用。雪佛龙几乎涉及能源行业的各个方面。该公司探索，生产和运输原油和天然气;精制，市场和分销运输燃料和其他能源产品;制造和销售石化产品;产生电力并产生地热能;提供能效解决方案;并制定未来的能源，包括生物燃料。雪佛龙位于加利福尼亚州圣雷蒙。有关雪佛龙的更多信息www.chevonn.com.。

发布时间：2014年3月