Ex-Exec. Pleads Guilty to Fraud in Iraq (Halliburton connections)

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http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2006/02/17/financial/f110440S97.DTL&type=business

Ex-Exec. Pleads Guilty to Fraud in Iraq


A former executive for a company hired by a Halliburton Co. subsidiary to ship military cargo into Iraq has pleaded guilty to inflating invoices by $1.14 million to cover fraudulent surcharges.

Christopher Joseph Cahill pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Rock Island, where the Army Field Support Command that administered the contract is located.

Cahill, 51, of Katy, Texas, was a regional vice president based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for Eagle Global Logistics, a Houston-based company that won a war contract from Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown & Root in 2002, according to court papers.

The company was hired to fly freight into Baghdad from Dubai, part of a logistics contract between KBR and the government that has paid out more than $11 billion through mid-January, according to the Army Field Support Command.

[xiamiam]

1. bet there are connections between Eagle Global Logistics and port sales