r/news • u/JohnnyZontal • 3h ago

Ex-CEO of Southern Water among four charged with conspiracy to defraud

https://news.sky.com/story/ex-ceo-of-southern-water-among-four-charged-with-conspiracy-to-defraud-13565944
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u/lastskudbook 3h ago

Falsified water quality tests, Jail the fuckers and reclaim the bonuses and salaries for as long as they fiddled the tests.

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u/darknekolux 2h ago

I see a future at the EPA for them.

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u/Obvious_Toe_3006 1h ago

This also happened in Walkerton Ontario 25 years ago. Seven dead and over 2,000 ill.
Shit all started due to provincial budget cuts, ending with untrained, drunk locals fudging water tests.
CBC Article on the incident

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u/Luke95gamer 3h ago

Wait, self regulation doesn’t work????

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u/opeth10657 3h ago

Better keep trying it, maybe it'll work eventually 

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u/Dry_Departure_7813 1h ago

Its almost like 'big industry' tends to lobby entirely for self regulation knowing they can ignore it. Ya know, like the social media companies did, and look at what a fine job of regulating themselves they're doing.

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u/Literally_Laura 3h ago

Consequences?!

Oh, in the UK. Figures.

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u/Lonely_Noyaaa 3h ago

It's almost as if letting private monopolies police themselves doesn't work. Who could have predicted that the profit motive would lead to covering up pollution? The entire water industry needs to be brought under public ownership.

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u/El_grandepadre 2h ago

Water is entirely managed by public institutions in my country, with each of them having a democratically elected council, with two seats being given to agricultural organizations and two to organizations in charge of preserving nature.

The issue starts when we also have strong agricultural representation in certain political parties, so in regions where these parties are popular these institutions heavily favor farmers.

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u/lord_flashheart2000 3h ago

Private Eye has been on to him for ages

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u/Purple_Puffer 3h ago

It's guys like this that make me long for the days of public executions.

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u/falingsumo 1h ago

Why is defraud the verb for commiting fraud? Asking as EASL person.

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u/No-Satisfaction9594 1h ago

There is a 3 episode show called 'Dirty Business' about this. It's pretty good.