[Mb-civic] NYTimes.com: U.S. Contractor Found Guilty of $3 Million Fraud in Iraq

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I don't get it. Halliburton "overcharges" by tens, perhaps hundreds, of millions, yet only gets a slap on the wrist. This company "defrauds" the government of $3 million, and it's front-page news. What, exactly, is the difference between "overcharging" and "fraud?" Isn't the first simply a euphemism for the second?


INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | March 10, 2006
U.S. Contractor Found Guilty of $3 Million Fraud in Iraq
By ERIK ECKHOLM
In the first whistle-blower case to emerge from Iraq, a federal jury found a contractor guilty of defrauding the U.S.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/10/international/middleeast/10contract.html?ex=1142658000&en=c360244f9dcaa82b&ei=5070&emc=eta1



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