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Innospec Agent Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Bribing Iraqi Officials and Paying Kickbacks Under the U.N. Oil for Food Program
(DoJ) – WASHINGTON – December 22, 2011 – A former agent for Innospec Inc., a U.S. company, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay a $250,000 fine for his participation in a conspiracy to defraud the United Nations Oil for Food Program (OFFP) and to bribe former Iraqi government officials in connection with the sale of a chemical additive used in the refining of leaded fuel, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division.
Ousama Naaman, 62, of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, was indicted on Aug. 7, 2008, in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Superseding charges were filed on June 24, 2010. Naaman was arrested on July 30, 2009, in Frankfurt, Germany, and extradited to the United States. He pleaded guilty on June 25, 2010, to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and falsify the books and records of a U.S. issuer, and one count of violating the FCPA.
Naaman and his companies were the Iraqi agents of Innospec Inc. On March 18, 2010, Innospec pleaded guilty to a 12-count indictment charging wire fraud in connection with its payment of kickbacks to the Iraqi government under the OFFP, as well as FCPA violations in connection with bribe payments it made to officials in the Iraqi Ministry of Oil. (Click HERE for article)
Aecom Joint Venture Wins Large Navy Contract
Deborah Crowe – (Los Angeles Business Journal) – December 22, 2011 – Aecom Technology Corp. and Shaw Group Inc. said that their joint venture, Pacific Contingency Services LLC, was among six defense contractors awarded a large U.S. Navy contract. The contractors will compete for up to $900 million in project orders from the Naval Facilities Engineering Command-Pacific.
The contract is similar to one that Aecom and Shaw’s Atlantic Contingency Constructors LLC joint venture has with the Navy to address its global construction needs. It has a one-year base period and four option years.
The contractors will provide services in response to natural disasters, humanitarian efforts and military actions around the world.
Aecom of Los Angeles is an engineering firm that provides technical and management support. The Shaw Group is based in Baton Rouge, La. (Click HERE for article)
Afghan guard who killed U.S. soldiers was fired earlier
(Times & Transcript) – December 22, 2011 – A private Canadian security contractor guarding a U.S. army base near Kandahar fired, then re-hired, an Afghan man who went on to attack a group of unarmed American soldiers inside the military compound, killing two and wounding four.
The deadly rampage by the Afghan employee of Toronto-based Tundra Strategies occurred in March at the Canadian-built Forward Operating Base Frontenac, but details of the attack – which ended when the rogue security guard was killed by return fire from U.S. troops – have only emerged this week.
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Monday, December 26th 2011 at 1:42 pm |
While the Department of Justice is putting away the little guys, you have to wonder how many Kuwait companies were selling Iraq’s oil and profiting. Perhaps an Al Sabah or 2 – especially when you look at how many MPs were just paid off in order that they don’t grill one of their own family. Is it possible that once again – only Americans are being charged while the foreign company owners are walking off and starting night clubs in Lebanon.
Monday, December 26th 2011 at 1:55 pm |
I have asked my Congressman and Senators to declare war on Pakistan – have you.
I get the General who ordered 15,000 cans of shaving cream an atta boy and a medal. Make all the bastards shave their beards off.
This is no time to let up on killing Taliban and every other conservative in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is time to kill more of them. The place we put Bin Ladin has more room. Oh yea – Merry Christmas Taliban. Maybe Santa will put a .50 Cal up your ass and a few .223s in your head like your buddy Bin Laden. This year – Santa’s flying an Apache and an A-10.