Environmental
Apr. 23, 2009
Lumber Giant Faces Whistle-Blower Fraud Suit
The parent company of defunct logging giant Pacific Lumber is fighting charges in a federal court in Oakland that it mismanaged vast holdings of Northern California old-growth forests.
Daily Journal Staff Writer OAKLAND - In a closely watched trial, the parent company of defunct logging giant Pacific Lumber is fighting charges in federal court this week that it mismanaged vast holdings of Northern California old-growth forests. Maxxam Inc. and the company's owner Charles Hurwitz are charged with defrauding the federal government of $250 million in a timberlands sale during the 1990s. Two whistle-blowers within the...
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