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10/31/2012 (23:00 pm) - The number of readings: 18 - number (2635)
United States fail to collect billion dollars from the proceeds of fuel in Iraq
Khaliq Ali's translation
U.S. government's investigation has revealed that the Corps of Engineers in the U.S. Army fail to collect billion dollars from the proceeds of fuel and other supplies purchased in Iraq by Iraqi funds. Volume of money is calculated at $ 7 billion, according to officials who have warned that the Iraqi government may be asked to at least recover some of that money.
U.S. manages billions of dollars of Iraqi funds through the Department of Iraq's money which was established by the United Nations since 2003 and is the money came from sales of Iraqi oil and gas or she remained of the "oil-for-food" program. The Corps of Engineers is spending money on energy programs and infrastructure in Iraq, but saved the records was so bad that it can not prove receipt of purchases of the one billion dollars of the money spent by, based on the report, which released Friday by the Office of the Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. The Office audited $ 1.1 billion of transactions Corps of Engineers found that the main document for five and ninety percent of the transaction - that demonstrate the delivery of goods or services to the recipients - are missing. The report says that "receiving reports missing include goods prone to fraud and theft as fuel and TVs and wheels, and had reached the Office of the Inspector General to the existence of fraud and theft, but there were no reports received raises questions. Instead of using delivery reports to document the fuel delivery In Iraq, the band had used an ordinary day record currently missing. absence of receipt and reports daily, there is no record evidence of receipt of products fuel price paid such securities ". The Corps of Engineers also did not have enough trucks counter to determine the amount of fuel that was delivered to more than one hundred site across Iraq, and did not complete the financial audit required band, so it is impossible decision to put contracts. The report adds, "without checking can not close these contracts and can not figure out whether the contractor owes money to the United States, or vice versa, or whether the United States should return the unused funds to the Government of Iraq." In an interview, said Deputy Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Glenn Forbich even if there is evidence of fraud, there is a chance for the Iraqi government to claim some or all of the money from the U.S. government, "said our inability statement receipt of goods will leave a question in the minds of Iraqis whether we have used money incorrectly, and we believe that Iraq will make an effort to bring an action against the United States for money is calculated. " In January published the Office of the Inspector General final report on trading the U.S. government for the Iraqi funds, and this means that the U.S. administration has not traded funds well and has insisted the Iraqi government that failed Americans in record-keeping leads to a lawsuit against it.
by another publication office Inspector General today's final report on the circulation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the quick reaction funds that have been delivered in Iraq by the reconstruction teams in the provinces for projects has been or has not been accomplished. Where State Department ran about 258 million dollars, but the results of the projects are still not clear. The report says "from available records we can decision on how to use the money, but we can not say for sure purchase or receipt of all goods and services actually." Forbich say that the money was received, but no one followed up in the projects because of the severity of small auditing construction projects during the war.
: Foreign Policy
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