Ex-Halliburton Employee Pleads Guilty - Kickbacks From Saudi Subcontractor

Ex-KBR Employee Pleads Guilty to Kickbacks

Ex-Employee of Halliburton Subsidiary Pleads Guilty to Taking Kickbacks From Saudi Subcontractor
The Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - An ex-employee of a Halliburton subsidiary pleaded guilty to taking kickbacks from a Saudi subcontractor that was awarded a multimillion-dollar U.S. military contract. An official with the subcontractor, meanwhile, was charged with lying to authorities.

Stephen Lowell Seamans of Maryland, a former Kellogg, Brown & Root Services Inc. manager, pleaded guilty March 10 to wire fraud and conspiracy to launder money, the U.S. attorney's office in Springfield said Thursday.

He was accused of accepting more than $124,000 from Tamimi Global Co., which was awarded a $14.4 million subcontract in 2002 to provide dining facilities for soldiers in Kuwait.

Prosecutors also announced the arrest of Mohammad Shabbir Khan, the Tamimi Global operations director. Khan was charged with making false statements to federal agents.

The charges against the two and related court documents were made public Thursday, the day after Khan was arrested.

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