Army Probes War Contractor Fraud

By JOHN HEILPRIN
The Associated Press
Saturday, January 27, 2007; 5:07 PM

WASHINGTON -- From high-dollar fraud to conspiracy to bribery and bid rigging,
Army investigators have opened up to 50 criminal probes involving battlefield
contractors in the war in Iraq and the U.S. fight against terrorism, The
Associated Press has learned.

Senior contracting officials, government employees, residents of other countries
and, in some cases, U.S. military personnel have been implicated in millions
of dollars of fraud allegations.

"All of these involve operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait," Chris Grey,
a spokesman for the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, confirmed Saturday
to the AP.
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