Halliburton is planning to make a plea bargain in former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney‘s corruption case, Nigerian officials told GlobalPost.
Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency charged Cheney as the head of Halliburton when its engineering subsidiary, KBR, allegedly paid bribes totaling $180 million to secure contracts worth $6 billion.
KBR has admitted to bribing officials. Last year the company pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court to paying the bribes to Nigerian officials prior to 2007, when it was a subsidiary of Halliburton. KBR, which is now independent from Halliburton, agreed to pay $597 million in fines, according to the Associated Press.
via Nigeria: Halliburton Plans Plea Bargain in Cheney Corruption Case.
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