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Soon after two of his friends, Harry F. Sinclair (Mammoth Oil Corporation) and Edward L. Doheny (Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company), were allowed to lease part of these Naval Reserves, including Teapot Dome.
It soon became known that Albert fall was spending large sums of money. In fact fall had received "gifts" from , Harry F. Sinclair (Mammoth Oil Corporation) and Edward L. Doheny (Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company) totaling $400,000.
Hearings on
Teapot Dome oil lease began on October, 1923.
Following were a number of civil and criminal suits related to
Teapot Dome scandal.
In 1927
Supreme Court ruled that
oil leases had been corruptly obtained and invalidated
Elk Hills lease in February of that year and
Teapot lease in October of
same year.
Albert Fall was found guilty of bribery in 1929, fined $100,000 and sentenced to one year in prison.

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