Schedule for federal court proceedings against top Westinghouse official – Jeffrey Benjamin – at the VC Summer construction site for felony conspiracy & fraud in the failed construction of two Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactors – in federal court, Columbia, South Carolina USA:
Pre-trial conference before the judge: 19 July 2022
Jury selection: 3 August 2022
Those dates could change.
Mr. Benjamin does not have to be present at those proceedings, it appears. He pleaded not guilty and so far has not changed his plea, thus a jury trial is moving forward. That’s a bad move on his part as people in the jury pool would be South Carolina citizens who got ripped off by the failed project carried out by South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G), which went bankrupt and was taken over by Dominion Energy. I predict he will get 2+ years prison time, given that Kevin Marsh, the CEO of SCANA, parent company of SCE&G, pleaded guilty and avoided a jury trial and he got 2 years in federal prison.
Posted by the court, 17 May 2022:
“REVISED SCHEDULING NOTICE as to Jeffrey Alan Benjamin Pretrial Conference set for 7/19/2022 02:00 PM in Columbia # 2, Matthew J. Perry Court House, 901 Richland St, Columbia before Honorable Mary Geiger Lewis. Jury Selection set for 8/3/2022 09:30 AM in Columbia # 2, Matthew J. Perry Court House, 901 Richland St, Columbia before Honorable Mary Geiger Lewis. (mdea ) (Entered: 05/17/2022)”
Article on the matter of the federal legal proceedings against Mr. Benjamin, 23 August 2021: “Former Westinghouse exec charged with conspiracy, fraud over Summer fiasco”
News release by US attorney, August 2021: “Top Westinghouse Nuclear Executive Charged with Conspiracy, Fraud in 16-Count Federal Indictment”
photo: VC Summer NPP – Dec 16 2018, by High Flyer
posted by:
Tom Clements
Savannah River Site Watch
– with Friends of the Earth during proceedings against the AP1000 project before the South Carolina Public Service Commission
Columbia, South Carolina USA