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November 16, 2009
U.S. Joins False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Kuwait-Based Companies that Supplied Food to U.S. Troops in Middle East
The United States has joined a whistleblower suit against Public Warehousing Company (PWC), The Sultan Center Food Products Company (TSC), and PWC’s chief executive officer, Tarek Abbul Aziz Sultan Al-Essa, the Justice Department announced today.
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November 16, 2009
Australian Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Solicit Kickbacks in Connection with Government Contract in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - An Australian man pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme to solicit kickbacks in connection with the award of a private security services subcontract to protect U.S. government personnel and contractors in Afghanistan, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, Assistant Attorney General Christine A. Varney of the Antitrust Division and U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride of the Eastern District of Virginia.
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November 16, 2009
Kuwaiti company "PWC" indicted for Massive Overcharging of U.S. For Soldiers' Food
Atlanta, GA - PUBLIC WAREHOUSING COMPANY, K.S.C., ("PWC") a
logistics company organized under the laws of the Nation of Kuwait has been indicted by
a federal grand jury on multiple charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States,
committing major fraud against the United States, making false statements, submitting
false claims and wire fraud. All of the charges concern multi-billion dollar contracts
issued by the Department of Defense for feeding American troops in Iraq, Kuwait and
Jordan. PWC is scheduled for an initial appearance and arraignment before United States
Magistrate Judge Janet F. King in Atlanta at 9:30 a.m. on November 20, 2009. A related
civil action has also been filed against PWC.
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