"Oil Company Fined in Royalty Case"

"WASHINGTON — Nearly seven years after a government auditor charged that an oil  company had cheated the government out of millions of dollars in royalties, a federal judge has ordered the company to pay nearly $23 million in penalties — including $5.7 million to the auditor who uncovered the problem."

Eric Lichtblau reports for the New York Times September 20, 2010.