Lawyers for British Petroleum have asked United States District Judge Barbier, who is presiding over the MDL, to suspend payments to claimants because of alleged fraud. Read the story below from The Times Picayune/nola.com:
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2013/07/bp_asks_federal_court_to_suspe.html#incart_m-rpt-2