| A CONVICTED felon who was put in charge of $82 million ( £46 million) of reconstruction money in Iraq has become the first American official to plead guilty to corruption during the rebuilding of the country... Five US Army Reserve officers were also allegedly part of the conspiracy. Two have been arrested. An American businessman based in Romania has also been charged.
Stein admitted accepting at least $1 million in cash and cars, jewellery and sexual favours from women, provided by a co-conspirator previously identified as Philip Bloom. Stein said that he helped to steer more than $8.6 million in contracts to companies controlled by Mr Bloom. |
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