Halliburton may pay $500 million to keep Cheney out of prison: report
Oilfield services company Halliburton is in negotiations with the Nigerian government to keep its former CEO, Dick Cheney, out of prison, according to a news report.
Sources inside Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission told GlobalPost this week that a settlement keeping the charges against Cheney out of court could cost as much as $500 million.
Nigeria filed charges against Cheney this week in an investigation of alleged bribery estimated at $180 million. Prosecutors named both Halliburton and KBR in the charges, as well as three European oil and engineering companies -- Technip SA, EniSpa, and Saipem Construction.
The charges allege that engineering contractor KBR, until 2007 a subsidiary of Halliburton, was among companies that paid bribes to secure a $6 billion contract for a natural gas plant. KBR pleaded guilty to the same bribes in a US court in 2009, and agreed to pay a $382 million fine. The Nigerian charges appear to stem from the US case -- though, in that trial, Cheney was never directly charged.
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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/halliburton-500-million-cheney-prison/
Anyone care to issue a citizen's arrest?!
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I'm speechless.
Just astounding. Here's an update on that situation:
Report: Nigeria to drop charges against Cheney
Former VP and Halliburton were accused of bribery over natural gas project
LONDON — Nigeria will drop charges against former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and Halliburton, the oil-services firm he once headed, after the company agreed to pay up to $250 million to settle a bribery case, the U.K.'s Guardian newspaper reported Wednesday.
The charges stem from a case involving millions allegedly paid in bribes to Nigerian officials by Halliburton and other firms to win a contract to build a $6 billion liquefied natural gas plant in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40688565/ns/world_news-africa/
So if you represented a corporation willing to spend a QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS, you too can bribe your way out of a bribery charge! I have nothing but disgust for everyone involved in this case.
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