Armor Holdings charged in U.N. bribery scheme Sounds like what Murdoch did.

[Pryderi]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/armor-holdings-charged-in-un-bribery-scheme/2011/07/13/gIQAN5hADI_print.html

It was allegedly part of a plot to win U.N. contracts by bribing a U.N. official.

The government charged Armor Holdings on Wednesday with participating in a bribery scheme that helped it supply $7.1 million in body armor for use by U.N. forces.
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According to the government, from 2001 to 2006, an Armor Holdings subsidiary and people acting on its behalf made corrupt payments to a U.N. procurement official. More than $200,000 went to a middleman, and part of that was to be forwarded to the U.N. insider, the government said.

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In a separate case that also related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, BAE’s parent company, BAE Systems, pleaded guilty last year to conspiring to defraud the U.S. government. It agreed to pay a $400 million fine.

[Ian David]

1. And THIS is why Bush made our troops mail home all their privately-purchased armor. n/t