Houston Chronicle: Probe aims at top: Investigators say Royal Dutch-Shell officials in sights
By TOM FOWLER
Posted 25 August 2004
U.S. and British securities regulators are focusing on senior Royal Dutch-Shell officials and the roles they may have played in the oil giant’s massive overstatement of reserves.
The Securities and Exchange Commission and England’s Financial Services Authority said Tuesday they are now pursuing senior officials from the company related to the matter, which led to numerous shareholder lawsuits and a Justice Department investigation.
“As our investigation continues, we intend to focus on, among other things, the people responsible for Shell’s failures,” said Harold Degenhardt, administrator of the SEC’s Fort Worth office.