Who is the main accused in the Iraq currency case that the federal court recently revived ?”
Court revives Iraq currency retread fraud claim A federal appeals court revived a civil fraud case Friday against a military contractor accused of cheating the U.S. government on a contract to replace old Iraqi currency that featured images of Saddam Hussein. By LARRY O’DELL Associated Press Writer RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court revived a civil fraud case Friday against a military contractor accused of cheating the U.S. government on a contract to replace old Iraqi currency that featured images of Saddam Hussein. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that a lower court erred in tossing out the claim by two whistleblowers that Custer Battles violated the federal False Claims Act. U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III had in 2006 dismissed a jury’s $10 million judgment against the company. The judge ruled that any fraud was perpetrated against the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority, which governed Iraq from May 2003 to June 2004, not t
A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that a lower court erred in tossing out the claim by two whistleblowers that Custer Battles violated the federal False Claims Act. U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III had in 2006 dismissed a jury’s $10 million judgment against the company. The judge ruled that any fraud was perpetrated against the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority, which governed Iraq from May 2003 to June 2004, not the government itself. But the appeals court said it didn’t matter that the U.S. government was just one of several financial contributors to the coalition _ the Fair Claims Act still applies, although any damages would be limited to those sustained by the U.S. The court said whistleblowers Robert J. Isakson and William D. Baldwin can seek a new trial. Custer Battles received a $3 million advance, paid with a U.S. Treasury check, for the project to change Iraq’s currency, the dinar. Under the contract, Custer Battles was to
