CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A Delbarton man has been sentenced to three years and five months in federal prison for spearheading a kickback scheme at an Arch Coal mine in southern West Virginia.
David E. Runyon also was fined $15,000 Tuesday. He pleaded guilty last year in federal court in Charleston to extortion and tax evasion.
Runyon's plea agreement also includes $1 million in restitution to Arch and about $326,000 to the Internal Revenue Service.
Federal prosecutors say companies had to pay kickbacks to Arch employees for business at the Mountain Laurel mining complex in Logan County.
Prosecutors say kickbacks totaled nearly $2 million from 2007 to 2012.
Runyon was Mountain Laurel's general manager. He is among 10 men who have pleaded guilty to various charges related to the scheme.