DOD forms task force to study Iraq fraud

This $1 million building for the Mosul police headquarters was supposed to contain 10 showers, 12 toilets, 10 urinals, 10 sinks and a changing room.

Allegations of staggering levels of fraud and corruption in Iraq have prompted the Pentagon to form a task force comprised of military and federal law enforcement agencies...

“As a result of the magnitude of alleged criminal activity within the Iraqi theater, a group of federal agencies has formalized their partnership to investigate contract fraud and public corruption related to Iraq reconstruction,” the report states.

The task force will be made up of agents from the FBI, the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, the Army Criminal Investigative Division, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, as well as officials from the Inspector General’s office at the Agency for International Development and the State Department.

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