Petrole, Deputy Inspector General for the U.S. In reality, Knight did not have any connection to OSHA, to the cleanup effort, nor did she have training in hazardous waste safety.ĭaniel R. Knight created and used multiple false federal identifications to bolster her credibility as an OSHA employee and to convince attendees, who were primarily from the Southeast Asian fishing community, that she could ensure them lucrative employment cleaning the spill. Court documents explained how, in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Knight impersonated a high-ranking Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hazardous waste safety instructor and inspector in order to collect money from individuals who hoped to work on the cleanup effort that followed the spill. 24, 2013, Knight pleaded guilty to three felony criminal charges and one misdemeanor criminal charge for creating false identification documents and impersonating a federal official. “Her callous crime focused on her financial gain, ignoring the potential harm to the restoration of the Louisiana coastal region.” “Knight took advantage of an environmental disaster and the resulting vulnerabilities of an immigrant community,” said U.S. “The Department of Justice is committed to environmental justice and will vigorously prosecute those who victimize vulnerable communities.” Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division.
For that she is being held accountable to the fullest extent of the law,” said Ignacia S. history, Knight illegally profited from a community already suffering from the impacts of the oil spill by impersonating a federal official and raising false hopes for employment. “On the heels of the largest environmental disaster in U.S.
Knight was ordered to pay victim restitution in the amount of $25,300. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, and Dana Boente, U.S. Knight, 47, previously of Belle Chasse, La., was sentenced to serve 57 months in prison in New Orleans federal court late yesterday for providing fraudulent hazardous waste safety training in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill, announced Ignacia S.
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