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Texas oil company owner sentenced to prison in oil-for-food bribery case
March 7, 2008
'[JURIST] Texas oil baron David Chalmers was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to forfeit$9 million Friday for paying millions in bribes to Iraqi officials in connection with the UN oil-for-food scandal. Chalmers, the owner of Bayoil USA Inc....... [more] 
Texas oil tycoon sentenced to year in prison for role in oil-for-food scandal
November 27, 2007
'[JURIST] Texas oil tycoon Oscar Wyatt Jr. was sentenced Tuesday to one year in prison and ordered to pay over$11 million dollars in restitution for his role in the Iraq Oil-for-Food scandal. Originally accused of paying millions of dollars in illegal....... [more]
Chevron settles SEC charges in oil-for-food scandal
November 14, 2007
'[JURIST] The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday agreed to a$30 million settlement of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act charges against Chevron in connection with the oil company''s alleged involvement in a scheme to exchange illegal....... [more]
Texas oil tycoon pleads guilty to conspiracy in Iraq oil-for-food scandal
October 1, 2007
'[JURIST] Houston oil tycoon Oscar Wyatt pleaded guilty Monday to a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his involvement in the Iraq Oil-for-Food scandal. Wyatt pleaded guilty to only one of five charges against him for his alleged payment of....... [more]
Iraqis sue Australian exporter alleged to have paid oil-for-food kickbacks to Saddam
September 14, 2007
'[JURIST] Victims of Saddam Hussein''s government filed a class action lawsuit against the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) and its US subsidiary in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, AWB officials said Friday. The suit alleges....... [more]
Texas oil company owner pleads guilty to wire fraud conspiracy in oil-for-food deal
August 17, 2007
'[JURIST] A Texas oil baron pleaded guilty Friday to charges that he paid millions in bribes to Iraqi officials in connection with the UN oil-for-food scandal. David Chalmers, owner of Bayoil USA Inc and Bayoil Supply and Trading Ltd, pleaded guilty in....... [more]
Australia to strengthen bribery laws after oil-for-food scandal
May 3, 2007
'[JURIST] Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock said Thursday that the government plans to strengthen foreign bribery laws after a government commission concluded that the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) corporate website] paid roughly$220 million in....... [more]
South Korea lobbyist in oil-for-food scandal sentenced to five years
February 22, 2007
'[JURIST] A US federal judge Thursday sentenced former South Korean lobbyist Tongsun Park to five years in prison for his conviction on charges of money laundering, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and acting as an unregistered agent of former Iraqi....... [more]
UK fraud office investigating drug companies in oil-for-food scandal
February 14, 2007
'[JURIST] The UK''s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) confirmed Tuesday that it had begun an investigation into whether UK firms paid illegal kickbacks to the Saddam Hussein regime in the now-defunct UN Oil-for-Food program, through which Hussein allegedly....... [more]
Former UN Oil-for-Food chief indicted in US on bribery, fraud charges
January 16, 2007
'[JURIST] The former head of the tarnished UN Oil-for-Food Program was indicted by US federal prosecutors in New York Tuesday on charges of bribery and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Benon Sevan resigned from his post last year and fled to his native....... [more]
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| | UN Oil-for Food manipulation report [IIC]
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| | Criminal complaint re: representing Iraq in oil-for-food kickback deals [FBI]
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