US Iraq Occupation Official Pleads Guilty To Rigging Contract Bids In Exchange For Jewelry, Alcohol, Sex...

Associated Press February 3, 2006 at 11:24 AM
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A former U.S. occupation official in Iraq pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring to steal more than $2 million and rigging bids on $8.6 million in reconstruction contracts.

Robert J. Stein, 50, of Fayetteville, N.C., admitted that he and his coconspirators smuggled millions of dollars out of Iraq into the United States aboard commercial airliners and laundered cash through multiple bank accounts in Switzerland, Amsterdam and Romania.

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