Ex-subcontractor indicted in US for Iraq bribes (HALLIBURTON)

Ex-subcontractor indicted in US for Iraq bribes
Thu 8 Jun 2006 7:15 PM ET
HOUSTON, June 8 (Reuters) - A former employee of a Saudi company was indicted in Illinois for making kickbacks to a Halliburton manager to win U.S. military dining subcontracts in Iraq and Kuwait, the U.S. Attorney's Office said on Thursday.

Mohammad Shabbir Kahn was charged under the 16-count indictment with giving $133,000 to a former procurement manager at Halliburton's KBR unit, the Pentagon's largest private contractor in Iraq.

Khan, 49, a Pakistani-born U.S. citizen, paid the money to KBR's Stephen Seamans in 2002 and 2003 to win the subcontracts worth $21.8 million for Saudi Tamimi Global Co. to provide military dining services at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait and a palace in Baghdad, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of Illinois.

Khan was arrested in Illinois on March 22 on charges of making a false statement and is being held pending trial. He faces 12 counts of wire fraud and four counts related to witness tampering and money laundering.