Amazon forest lawyer goes on trial for fraud

One of the world's most controversial trials is due to start on Tuesday when Steve Donziger, who won a US$19 billion compensation victory for inhabitants of the Amazon, will be accused of fraud.

Steve Donziger will go to trial on Tues for compensation fraud charges Dr. Morley Read

In 2007 Mr Donziger won the compensation from Chevron for compensation for having polluted some of the forests in Ecuador. A documentary camera team was shadowing him with the aim of running a film on his famous victory later on. But Chevron never had to pay out, alleging that Mr Donziger had bribed the judge in Ecuador who had decided the case and even drafted his judgement. The lawyer is now on trial in New York, accused of 'masterminding a massive judicial fraud', in the words of the SFGate.

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