Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Halliburton Fined Record $569 Million for Bribing Foreign Officials — While Cheney Was CEO from Firedoglake b


727393841_eaef2fe207_m.jpgAmerica's Sleaziest Company strikes again.

Halliburton Co., the world's second-largest oilfield-services provider, has agreed to pay $559 million to settle federal charges that employees bribed officials in Nigeria.

It would be the biggest fine by far of a U.S. company in a bribery case, topping the $44 million that Baker Hughes Inc. paid last year related to charges that it paid bribes in Kazahkstan.

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