LONDON : Cheney involved in Halliburton Nigeria fraud

[tocqueville]

British probe launched into Halliburton subsidiary Mon Aug 7, 7:51 PM ET

LONDON (AFP) - KBR, a subsidiary of oil service giant Halliburton, is being investigated by Britain's Serious Fraud Office over the company's role in an alleged plot to pay bribes to win billions of dollars worth of contracts at a Nigerian oil plant, the Financial Times said.

For part of the period under investigation, Halliburton was headed by US Vice-President Dick Cheney, the newspaper reported.

The SFO said it had conducted searches at business and residential premises as part of its probe into KBR, which it said was opened in March, the latest in an investigation taking place in the US, France and Nigeria over an alleged plot to pay more than 170 million dollars (132.6 million euros) in bribes.

In response, Halliburton said it continued to co-operate and was "committed to getting resolution" but declined to comment any further.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060807/bs_afp/britainusnigeriafraud

[NEOBuckeye]

1. "Cheney involved in 419/Western Union Nigerian Scams"

I can just see the headlines now!

[Fridays Child]

2. k/r

[napi21]

3. Ohhhh, how I would LOVE to get Cheney on THIS ONE!

I'd be surprised if he was really dumb enough to have left his fingerprints, but I can HOPE!

[DoYouEverWonder]

4. Funny, haven't seen much of Cheney lately?

I'd love to see this sucker get nailed for something, I don't care what it is.

[earth mom]

8. I want to see him pay for ALL his crimes!

:grr:

[BuyingThyme]

5. Of course.

[Atman]

6. Oooh...The SERIOUS Fraud Department!

This must be series. Hugh, even.

[BuyingThyme]

7. I didn't even know.

[oscarmitre]

9. Yes the SFO is involved

and they may even use the Comfy Chair!

They go after anyone - not even the super-wealthy, super-powerful are immune from them.

[Disturbed]

10. What could happen if Cheney was charged with Fraud?

Didn't France charge him with something? Nothing ever happened with that. Nothing will happen with this either imo. If it does I would be shocked and awed.

[mom cat]

11. Serious big time WOOT!

[leftyladyfrommo]

12. Does this mean Britain might want him for crimes?

That would certainly be an interesting turn of events.

[Ganja Ninja]

13. I'm sure that as CEO of Halliburton Dick had no idea ...

where that $170 million went. Like Kenny boy he was out of the loop.

[Bassic]

14. That's interesting, but I doubt that there will be any

adverse effects on Cheney himself. Or on Halliburton. The rich don't have to pay for shit.

[progressoid]

15. It's hard to keep up with all their f**cking fraud and law breaking.

[Felinity]

16. I am shocked! Shocked! SHOCKED! n/t

[EC]

17. He and Halliburton were already found guilty in France

and he's still here, so I don't expect this to amount to much either...

[Supersedeas]

18. cooperation and commitment to fraud--is that a crime??