UPDATED 6:44 AM EST, January 29, 2013
A Ecuadorean judge who oversaw a rainforest pollution suit against Chevron from 2003 to 2004 alleged the plaintiffs bribed the judge who issued a $18.2 billion penalty, Reuters reports.
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