Former coal exec Blankenship convicted of one charge

摘要

A former coal executive has been convicted of one misdemeanor conspiracy charge but was exonerated on felony charges of making false statements and security fraud. Donald L. Blankenship, former chief executive officer of Massey Energy Co., is scheduled to be sentenced March 23 in U.S. District Court in West Virginia. He faces up to one year in prison on the misdemeanor conviction; he could have faced up to 31 years on the felony charges.