A federal grand jury in Honolulu has indicted two civilian workers on charges that they caused the Navy to provide the Hawaii Department of Health with false information about jet fuel that spilled from a Pearl Harbor storage site before it seeped into drinking water and sickened 6,000 people over Thanksgiving in 2021, media outlets reported.
John Floyd, 63, who worked as the Navy’s fuels department deputy director, and Nelson Wu, 38, who was the fuels department’s supervisory engineer and reported to Floyd, were indicted Thursday.
The indictment alleged that they provided the Navy with inaccurate information about a May 2021 spill that occurred six months before the fuel seeped into the drinking water.
It also alleged they caused the Navy to mislead the Hawaii Department of Health about how much fuel leaked from one of the tanks and assured officers that their information was accurate.
Floyd and Wu were charged with conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States. They were also accused of causing another person to make a materially false statement or a material omission in a matter within the jurisdiction of the executive branch of the government of the United States, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
Their arraignment is set for Friday in front of Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Kenneth Mansfield. They are not in federal custody, but if convicted, they face up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 on each charge.
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