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Inside the world of war profiteers
From prostitutes to Super bowl tickets, a federal probe reveals how contractors in Iraq cheated the US. Hundreds of pages of recently unsealed court records detail how kickbacks shaped the war's largest troop support contract months before the first wave of U.S. soldiers plunged their boots into Iraqi sand.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
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Families of contractor hostages frustrated by lack of information
After 14 months of waiting for the rescue of her son, a civilian who was kidnapped in Iraq, Jackie Stewart feels like a hostage too. She and several other hostage families are about to break free of the government and try to find their sons themselves, she said. They are frustrated that the government won't tell them where their missing men are or what is being done to free them.
Monday, February 4, 2008
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Former KBR Employee Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Defraud the DOD
Wallace A. Ward, 26, of Spring Lake, NC, a former employee of Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR) who worked at the Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, pled guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to receive bribes, make false statements, and file false claims.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
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Blackwater Case Faces Obstacles, Justice Dept. Says
Justice Department officials have told Congress that they face serious legal difficulties in pursuing criminal prosecutions of Blackwater security guards involved in a September shooting that left at least 17 Iraqis dead. officials said that federal law that applied to civilians employed by or accompanying the American military overseas might not apply to contractors in Iraq working for the State Department.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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Two ex-KBR workers charged with defrauding DOD
Two former employees of KBR Inc were charged for their role in a $2.1 million scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Defense while working in Afghanistan, federal prosecutors said on Thursday.
Friday, December 14, 2007
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Army claims sexual trysts tied to EOD contracts
The Army claims Eric W. Barton used a six-month relationship with Air Force Capt. Sherrie L. Remington, a former contracting officer to his advantage to win at least $2.5 million in contracts for his former employer, American security and ordnance disposal company, EOD Technology Inc. EODT denies any wrongdoing and said it is cooperating.
Monday, November 12, 2007
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Kuwait Work Offer Scam
Recently US military contractors in Kuwait received offers by individuals claiming they can obtain an employment visa and residency permit for Dakar, Senegal. These offers appear to be scams.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
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U.S. says company bribed officers for work in Iraq
An American-owned company, Lee Dynamics, operating from Kuwait paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to American contracting officers in efforts to win more than $11 million in contracts, the government says in court documents.
Sunday, September 2, 2007
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Monster Worldwide Provides Additional Details on Malicious Software Investigation
Monster Worldwide, Inc., has determined that the contact information of approximately 1.3 million job seekers was contained on the rogue server that the Company shut down as part of its ongoing investigative efforts of the malicious software, Infostealer.Monstres. Of this contact information, the Company has determined that less than 5,000 job seekers of the 1.3 million affected are based outside of the United States.
Sunday, August 26, 2007
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Three Defendants Indicted Today for Bribery, Conspiracy, Money Laundering, and Obstruction Offenses Related to Contracts in Iraq and Kuwait
A major in the U.S. Army, his wife and his sister have been indicted on bribery, conspiracy, money laundering, and obstruction charges arising out of the major’s service as an Army contracting officer in Kuwait in 2004 and 2005, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and Assistant Attorney General Thomas O. Barnett of the Antitrust Division announced today.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
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Department of Justice Announces Two New Contracting Cases
A former major in the U.S. Army Reserves has pleaded guilty to bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery and money laundering in connection with the fraudulent awarding and administration of U.S. government contracts in Balad, Iraq, and two defendants arrested in bribery, money laundering case related to Department of Defense contracts in Iraq and Kuwait, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and Assistant Attorney General Thomas O. Barnett of the Antitrust Division announced today.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
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Bribery Network to Bloat War Costs Is Alleged
Federal investigators have uncovered what they describe as a sweeping network of kickbacks, bribes and fraud involving at least eight employees and subcontractors of KBR in a scheme to inflate charges for flying freight into Iraq in support of the war, according to court papers unsealed yesterday.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
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