the Sugar Conspiracy

Monday, February 02, 2004

One hell of a dinner bill

In January, Halliburton acknowledged it may have over billed for contract work ranging from laundry service to oil-field reconstruction in Iraq and credited the U.S. government for $6.3 million in case an investigation confirmed the overcharges. The company said its auditors discovered possible overcharges by a Kuwaiti subcontractor and that there might have been kickbacks or improper payments made.

The food-service billing allegations, the Journal reported Monday, involve meals served at Camp Arifjan, the U.S. base south of Kuwait City. The Journal cited an e-mail memo sent Friday to U.S. Army contracting officials that indicated in July, a Saudi subcontractor hired by KBR billed for 42,042 meals a day on average but served only 14,053 meals a day. The difference in cost for July was more than $3.5 million, according to Pentagon records. The Pentagon last year paid KBR more than $30 million for meals at the camp from January through July, according to the Journal. That bill included charges for almost four million meals the government says were never served.

Who the hell does the accounting for Halliburton?? Somebody needs to fire them.

UPDATE: How much do you think Halliburton paid in taxes last year?

posted by chris at 10:17 PM
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