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Shea Gunther
Is KBRs Decade-Long Crime Spree Finally Coming to an End? | Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace | AlterNet -
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May 22
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From the page: "How infuriating has it been, the last five years, watching Halliburton and KBR get away with murder? Murder, poisoning, electrocution, rape, human trafficking, fraud, bribery -- their crimes go on and on. But could their decade-long spree may be coming to an end? This year, settlements for old offenses, new exposés and new lawsuits for more recent evil-doings, have resulted in plummeting stock prices, canceled contracts, and a soon-to-be imprisoned former CEO. The latest blow came last Thursday, in a Texas court, where executives for Halliburton and KBR were described in legal papers as conducting a "reign of terror" and functioning "as criminal enterprises." Paying bribes, taking kickbacks, concealing gang rapes, and engaging in human trafficking were among the crimes listed on the May 14th complaint brought not by government or human rights lawyers, as you might expect, but by attorneys filing a class action suit for the pension fund of Detroit's Policemen and... -
Shea Gunther