As of February there have been 36 indictments of executives, subcontractors, and military officers and these have come in the area of providing food, shelter, and support to our troops in Iraq. 16 more indictments are pending.
The total would be more if not for the environment the prosecutors are operating within. For instance, a Senate amendment 4230 to the ’06 Defense Authorization was tabled (55-43 vote) that would have provided the following rules and penalties to further enable our pursuit of military contracting corruption:
1) "Executes or attempts to execute a scheme or artifice to defraud the United States or the entity having jurisdiction over the area in which such activities occur."
2) "Falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact."
3) "Makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements or representations, or makes or uses any materially false writing or document knowing the same to contain any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry."
4) "Materially overvalues any good or service with the specific intent to excessively profit from the war or military action."
Prison sentences up to 20 years and fines of up to 1M or a percentage of their ill-gotten gains were the penalties outlined in the amendment.
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