Former UBB Superintendent To Enter Plea

{Beckley, West Virginia}...Upper Big Branch mine's former superintendent Gary May will enter a plea Thursday in Beckley on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the federal government. May is accused of disabling a methane monitor and falsifying records at the Massey Energy mine where 29 men died in 2010. Prosecutors say May also manipulated the ventilation system to fool inspectors. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin says anyone who conspires to undermine the integrity of the government is guilty of fraud, and he doesn't have to prove May's acts were crimes on their own or that the government suffered any monetary loss. He just needs to prove the conspiracy used deceit or trickery to interfere with government functions.