Industry News : Crimes - Investigations
New York Times Reports 30 False Fronts Won Contracts for Blackwater
Blackwater Worldwide created a web of more than 30 shell companies or subsidiaries in part to obtain millions of dollars in American government contracts after the security company came under intense criticism for reckless conduct in Iraq, according to Congressional investigators and former Blackwater officials.
Sunday, September 5, 2010

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Five Blackwater Employees Indicted
U.S. Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that today a federal grand jury returned a 15-count indictment charging four employees from Blackwater World-Wide. Included in the indictment are Gary Jackson, 52, former President; William Wheeler Mathews, Jr., 44, an attorney and former Executive Vice President and Vice President of Operations; Andrew Howell, 44, General Counsel; Ana Bundy, 45, former Vice President of Logistics and Procurement; and Ronald Slezak, 65, a former armorer.
Friday, April 16, 2010

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Contractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill Militants
Under the cover of a benign government information-gathering program, a Defense Department official set up a network of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to help track and kill suspected militants, according to military officials and businessmen in Afghanistan and the United States.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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Former Contractor Pleads Guilty to Bribery and Money Laundering Related to DOD Contracts in Kuwait & Iraq
Former military contractor Terry Hall, 43, of Snellville, Ga., pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to pay more than $3 million in bribes to U.S. Army contracting officials stationed at Camp Arifjan, an Army base in Kuwait, and to money laundering conspiracy.
Thursday, February 18, 2010

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Officials confirm kidnapping of U.S. contractor in Iraq
An American contractor working for the U.S. military in Baghdad has been kidnapped by a Shiite militant group, U.S. officials said this weekend in response to a statement and video issued by the group.
Monday, February 8, 2010

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Two Contractors Charged With Murder and Other Offenses Related to Shooting Death of Two Afghan Nationals in Kabul, Afghanistan
Justin Cannon, 27, of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Christopher Drotleff, 29, of Virginia Beach, Va., have been charged with crimes including second-degree murder, attempted murder and firearms offenses while working as contractors for the U.S. Department of Defense in Afghanistan.
Friday, January 8, 2010

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Oklahoma Man Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for Kickback Scheme Involving Government Contract in Afghanistan
An Oklahoma man was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison for his role in a scheme to solicit kickbacks in connection with the award of a private security services subcontract to protect U.S. government personnel and contractors in Afghanistan.
Saturday, December 19, 2009

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U.S. to drop charges against one Blackwater guard
U.S. Justice Department prosecutors asked a federal judge on Friday to dismiss the charges against one of five Blackwater security guards accused of killing 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians in a 2007 shooting in Baghdad.
Saturday, November 21, 2009

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ArmorGroup Statement - Update on Iraq Incident - 9th August 2009
Immediately following the incident that took place in Iraq on 9th August 2009, in which two valued colleagues, Paul McGuigan and Darren Hoare, were shot and killed and another, Arkhan Mahdi, seriously injured, we instigated two separate internal investigations - this was is in addition to the ongoing investigation by the Iraqi authorities.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

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Interview with ArmorGroup Whistleblower John Gorman
John Gorman, retired U.S. Marine, was hired by ArmorGroup (AGNA) in 2007 to support security at the American Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. Marie Anne St. Jean, a retired Marine herself, interviews Gorman.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

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Civilian KBR contractor shot dead on US base in Iraq
A civilian contractor was shot and killed Sunday on an American military base in the Iraqi city of Tikrit and a U.S. soldier has been detained in connection with the incident, the U.S. military said. The contractor, whose name was being withheld pending notification of next of kin, was shot at 8:30 a.m. at Camp Speicher, the military said in a statement. Houston-based KBR confirmed that the person killed was one of its employees.
Monday, September 14, 2009

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Houston couple pleads guilty to Afghan fraud
A Houston couple has pleaded guilty in a plot to defraud the U.S. while working as contractors in Afghanistan. Delmar Dwayne Spier, 73, and his wife, Barbara Edens Spier, 60, pleaded guilty Wednesday. According to court documents, the Spiers were officers in United States Protection and Investigations, a subcontractor for the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Thursday, September 10, 2009

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Problems With Embassy Security Contract Crept Up Long Before ArmorGroup
This is an interesting background piece, discussing ArmorGroup-North America, and it's predecessor at the Kabul embassy, MVM.
Saturday, September 5, 2009

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Guards in Embassy Lewdness Scandal Fired
Eight security guards at the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan have been fired following allegations of lewd behavior and sexual misconduct at their living quarters, the embassy said Friday. The Kabul senior management team of ArmorGroup North America, the private contractor that provides the guards for the State Department, is also "being replaced immediately," an embassy statement said.
Saturday, September 5, 2009

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Former Contractor Sentenced for Participation in Scheme to Steal Fuel From U.S. Army in Iraq
Lee William Dubois, a former Department of Defense (DoD) contractor, was sentenced Monday to three years in prison for his participation in a scheme to steal fuel worth approximately $39.6 million from the U.S. Army in Iraq.
Thursday, August 27, 2009

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Contractor Convicted of Participating in Scheme to Steal Fuel from U.S. Army in Afghanistan
Raschad L. "Sean" Lewis, a former fuel section employee of Kellogg Brown and Root Inc. (KBR), assigned to Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, was found guilty yesterday by a federal jury of conspiracy, false writing, bribery of a public official, and false claims stemming from a bribery and a fuel diversion scheme.
Friday, June 19, 2009

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US Embassy: 2 more US contractors released in Iraq
Two more U.S. contractors have been released on bond but face an ongoing investigation, the embassy said Saturday, the latest development in the first case of Americans facing Iraqi justice under a new security pact. Two other Americans remained in custody while a fifth was freed on bond Thursday.
Sunday, June 14, 2009

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Judge orders release of 3 U.S. contractors held in Iraq
Three of five Americans contractors detained in Baghdad have been ordered released by an Iraqi judge, because of insufficient evidence, a court spokesman said Thursday.
Thursday, June 11, 2009

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5 Americans Arrested in Death of Contractor
Five American contractors have been detained in Baghdad in connection with the killing of another American contractor, a senior Interior Ministry official said Sunday.
Monday, June 8, 2009

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Two Blackwater-Affiliated Contractors Flee Afghanistan
Two of the four Blackwater-affiliated contractors involved in a civilian shooting incident in Kabul earlier this month have fled to the U.S. in order to avoid possible prosecution from Afghan authorities, according to their attorney.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009