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October 17, 2008

McCain Donor Accused of War Profiteering; DynCorp Sued for Fraud
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And two American companies are facing new allegations of fraud in Iraq
and Afghanistan. The House Oversight Committee says an oil contractor
named the International Oil Trading Company has made tens of millions of
dollars over the last four years by overcharging for fuel deliveries to
American bases in Iraq. The company’s owner, Harry Sargeant, is the
chair of the Florida Republican Party and a major fundraiser for Senator
John Mc Cain. And the private military company Dyn Corp has been hit
with a federal lawsuit accusing it of threatening workers and stealing
equipment from an Afghan subcontractor. The subcontractor says Dyn Corp
fired it without notice and later sent armed guards to dismiss its
workers and seize more than two million dollars in materials.



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