OfficeOfTheSpecialInspectorGeneralForIraqReconstruction

Iraq Corruption Cases Focus on Americans in Rebuilding Projects

More than 50 corruption cases have been opened in the last six months by U.S. investigators looking into the dealings of Americans involved in the $150 million Iraq reconstruction project. Some of the cases concern suspects who allegedly mailed tens of thousands of dollars to themselves from Iraq or who stuffed money into duffel bags and suitcases when leaving the country, The New York Times reported. Others are suspected of wiring millions of dollars at a time back home or to foreign accounts in Ghana, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Britain. Starting last summer, investigators began ...

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