Chevron Corp. yesterday filed an ethics complaint charging that New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli wrongly accepted campaign funds from plaintiffs’ lawyers who obtained a $19 billion environmental judgment against the oil giant in Ecuador.
Leaving no stone unturned as it continues its worldwide campaign to defeat what it says is an unjust environmental award procured by fraud, Chevron has accused DiNapoli of accepting some $60,000 in contributions and claim he was given other political benefits by the plaintiffs’ bar while at the same time overseeing the New York State Common Retirement Fund, which owns more than $800 million in Chevron common stock.
