Wednesday, December 22, 2010
That miserable Dickwahd is only worth $35 Million
That's how much Halliburton had to bribe the Nigerian government to drop bribery charges against the right hand of Satan, Dick Cheney.
Oilfield contractor Halliburton has agreed to pay Nigeria $35 million to settle bribery allegations that led to charges against former Vice President Dick Cheney and other executives, the company announced Tuesday.Also included in the settlement was Halliburton's help in getting $130 Million of the original bribe money transferred from Switzerland to Nigeria. All parties left the table satisfied.
Cheney, who was Halliburton's CEO in the 1990s, and nine others were charged with conspiracy and "distribution of gratification to public officials" in a long-running case involving the company and its Kellogg, Brown and Root subsidiary. Nigerian officials accused the company of paying bribes to secure $6 billion worth of contracts for a liquefied natural gas project in the Niger Delta.
"Pursuant to this agreement, all lawsuits and charges against KBR and Halliburton corporate entities and associated persons have been withdrawn," the company announced in a statement Tuesday evening. Nigerian officials agreed "not to bring any further criminal charges or civil claims against those entities or persons" in return, the company said.
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