I don’t have all the details yet, but what I do know is that Charles Judd filed a new $60 million dollar lawsuit against EnergySolutions Thursday. Judd, a onetime president of what’s now called EnergySolutions wants $60 million, plus damages, for what he claims was EnergySolutions’ fraud against him and violations of the Utah Antitrust Act.
There seems to be a lot of fraud in the air. Judd served as president from 1997 to 2002, while the U.S. Energy Department barred the company’s then-owner from being involved in daily operations because of corruption allegations. The lawsuit also accuses EnergySolutions of using its tight relations with government officials, discriminatory pricing and strong-arm tactics to build a national waste monopoly that is driving him (Judd) and other competitors out of the industry. In addition, the suit claims EnergySolutions and its reps provided “economic considerations to governmental officials and elected representatives, including loans, favors, employment opportunities, business deals and/or other conduct in the nature of payoffs.” (Salt Lake Tribune)