CRANBERRY TWP — Filings in federal criminal cases related to Westinghouse Electric Co.’s failed South Carolina nuclear power plant project paint a broader picture of the alleged fraud in which the Cranberry-based company partook.

The scheme, according to criminal cases against two former SCANA Corp. executives, led to a significant increase in the price South Carolina utility customers paid for electricity, and defrauded investors who received inaccurate information about the status and expected completion dates of the Virgil C. Summer nuclear plant expansion.

Recently, Westinghouse agreed to pay a $21.25 million cooperation agreement, avoiding criminal charges.

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