Now FSA 調査（する）s スキャンダル at 爆撃する

By Tom Mcghie
Updated: 00:00 BST, 14 March 2004

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THE City 監視者 has 開始する，打ち上げるd an 緊急の 調査 into whether 爆撃する broke 株式市場 支配するs by not telling 投資家s earlier that it had overstated its oil reserves by a fifth.

The oil 巨大（な） 直面するs 抱擁する 罰金s if it is 設立する 有罪の of market 乱用 by the 財政上の Services Authorit y. It is understood that the FSA is 診察するing the circumstances surrounding 爆撃する's shock 告示 in January of the overbooking problem.

最新の 報告（する）／憶測s 示唆する that Sir Phillip ワット, who 辞職するd earlier this month as 爆撃する's chairman in the wake of the スキャンダル, knew about the problem two years ago but did not tell 株主s.

爆撃する (n)役員／(a)執行力のあるs were first 知らせるd in a 覚え書き two years ago that the company's accounting of reserves appeared inconsistent with 支配するs 始める，決める out by the 安全s and 交流 （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限, the US regulator, which has already 開始する，打ち上げるd a formal 調査. News of the 最新の 調査（する） comes as the SEC has 延長するd its 調査.

Last week, 財政上の Mail 明らかにする／漏らすd that a number of 爆撃する 経営者／支配人s in Nigeria might have been tempted to inflate the level of oil reserves by the prospect of 抱擁する 特別手当s.

爆撃する has 辞退するd to discuss the タイミング of its January 告示, 未解決の the 結果 of its own 内部の 調査. And the company 主張するs that 特別手当s awarded to (n)役員／(a)執行力のあるs were ' ごくわずかの'.

Its 調査 is 存在 carried out by 独立した・無所属 法律 会社／堅い Davis, Polk & Wardwell. However, the New York 法律 会社／堅い is familiar with the company, having 行為／法令／行動するd for 企業 Oil when it was taken over by 爆撃する. The SEC 捜査官／調査官s also want to know how many (n)役員／(a)執行力のあるs received the 特別手当s. Proven oil and gas reserves are an important 資産 and are closely watched by 投資家s as a 重要な 手段 of an energy company's 利益（をあげる） 可能性のある.

一方／合間, sources at 爆撃する have told 財政上の Mail that there is a frenzied atmosphere in the company with 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑うd whistleblowers having their 内部の lines tapped and e-mails 監視するd.

A 広報担当者 for the FSA said: 'We never discuss individual companies.'