Saturday, February 13, 2010

Blackwater accused of defrauding gov't including fake billing, hookers, booze, and spa trips

The world's oldest profession may have been subsidized by the US government during the war on terror.

"Two former employees of Blackwater Worldwide have accused the private security contractor of defrauding the government for years with phony billing, including charging for a prostitute, alcohol and spa trips," Carol D. Leonnig reports for the Washington Post.

The article continues, "In newly unsealed court records, a husband and wife who once worked for Blackwater said they had personal knowledge of the company falsifying invoices, double-billing federal agencies and charging the government for personal and inappropriate items whose real purpose was hidden. They said they witnessed 'systematic' fraud on the company's security contracts with the Department of State in Iraq and Afghanistan, and with the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina."

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