Author Topic: Nigeria to charge Dick Cheney in $180 million bribery case, issue arrest warrant  (Read 712 times)

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By John Byrne
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010 -- 8:37 am

The energy services company Dick Cheney ran prior to becoming Vice President of the United States was atop the tongue of liberals each time it was awarded a contract in Iraq.

Now the company's name, Halliburton, is being spoken somewhere else: Nigeria.

According to a story filed late Wednesday, Cheney will be indicted in a Nigerian bribery case as part of an investigation into an alleged $180 million bribery scandal.

"Last week, Nigeria arrested at least 23 officials from companies including Halliburton, Saipem, Technip and a former subsidiary of Panalpina Welttransport Holding AG in connection with alleged illegal payments to Nigerian officials. Those detained were all freed on bail on Nov. 29," Bloomberg News' Elisha Bala-Gbogbo wrote.

"Authorities in the West African nation are probing Halliburton, Saipem and Technip for the alleged payment of $180 million in bribes to win a $6 billion liquefied natural-gas contract," Bala-Gbogbo added. "Panalpina is being investigated for illegal payments it allegedly made to Nigerian customs officials on behalf of Royal Dutch Shell Plc."

The prosecuting counsel for the country's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said that indictments will be handed down in the next three days and that an arrest warrant for Cheney "will be issued and transmitted through Interpol."

Adds Bloomberg, "Obla said charges will be filed against current and former chief executive officers of Halliburton, including Cheney, who was CEO from 1995 to 2000, and its former unit KBR Inc., based in Houston, Texas; Technip SA, Europe’s second-largest oilfield- services provider; Eni SpA, Italy’s biggest oil company; and Saipem Construction Co., a unit of Eni. Obla didn’t identify the former officials whom he said held office when the alleged bribes were paid."

A spokesman for Cheney declined to comment.




cheney is pure evil. forget prison, he deserves the chair

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hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

cheney could give a shit about the charges, aside from how it will affect his legacy.  His health isn't good.  I would imagine he doesn't follow the news all that much these days.

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I doubt Cheney will ever go to jail for anything but it is an oxymoron that Nigeria, the home of 419 scams, would charge someone (especially a non-nigerian) with bribery or fraud charges.

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hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

cheney could give a shit about the charges, aside from how it will affect his legacy.  His health isn't good.  I would imagine he doesn't follow the news all that much these days.
Yeah but atleast he'll die knowing the truth that he is a corupt douche bag that shot a man, took bribes, and caused a trillion dollar war.