Iraq Fraud

Former Iraq Contractor Pleads Guilty To Stealing Almost $40 Million In Army Fuel

AP | MATTHEW BARAKAT | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former Army contractor pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing nearly $40 million worth of jet and diesel fuel from a U.S. Army b...

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Iraq Waste, Fraud Bill Comes To $13 Billion

Washington Post | Dana Hedgpeth | Posted 05.25.2011

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A former Iraqi official estimated yesterday that more than $13 billion meant for reconstruction projects in Iraq was wasted or stolen through elaborat...

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Audit: 98% Of Iraq Contractors Failed To Comply With Fraud Regulations

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — An internal audit of some $8 billion paid to U.S. and Iraqi contractors found that nearly every transaction failed to comply with f...

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US probing Iraqi companies for insurance fraud

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Companies working on Iraq reconstruction have been accused of padding their profits through an insurance scam, leading to a crimina...

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'Significant' Amount Of U.S. Funds For Iraq Funneled To Militias

Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011

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During a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing today on waste, fraud and abuse in Iraq, GAO Comptroller David Walker said that "the Iraqis have a bu...

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Fraud Crackdown Comes With a Loophole

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A Bush administration plan to crack down on contract fraud has a multibillion-dollar loophole: The proposal to force companies to r...

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FBI Probes Iraq Inspector General On Misconduct Charges

Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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The FBI is investigating the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, Justice Department officials said, following allegations of misconduct...

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US Paid $32 Million For Iraqi Base That Was Never Built

USA Today | Matt Kelley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq Reconstruction, Private Contractors, Iraq Defense Ministry, Iraq War, War in Iraq, Iraq Fraud, Iraq, Iraq Bases, Warwire, Politics News

The U.S. military paid a Florida company nearly $32 million to build barracks and offices for Iraqi army units even though nothing was ever built, Pen...

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