The two men are accused of making false statements and withholding information about the May 2021 fuel spill.

By Lynn Kawano and Mahealani Richardson

A federal grand jury indicted two men in connection with the Red Hill fuel disaster that poisoned the water for thousands of people.

The 11-page indictment accuses John Floyd and Nelson Wu , civilian workers for Navy Supply Systems, of conspiracy and making false statements about the May 2021 Red Hill fuel leak. That led to another leak in November 2021.

Combined, the leaks sickened at least 6,000 people and forced more than 90,000 to be without clean water for months.

“The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency uses the Hawai‘i Department of Health to enforce storage tank requirements,” said retired FBI agent Tom Simon.

“Investigators a

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