U.S. Army Officer Arrested in Case Involving Bribery, Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme in Al-Hillah, Iraq

U.S. Newswire › December 01, 2005

Linked as:

Summary

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve was arrested on charges of conspiring to commit bribery, money laundering, possession of automatic weapons, theft, and wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud the Coalition Provisional Authority -- South Central Region (CPA-SC) in Al- Hillah, Iraq, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today.

Michael Brian Wheeler, 47, of Amherst Junction, Wisconsin, was arrested on Nov. 30, 2005 and is currently in custody in Wisconsin. In 2003 and 2004, Wheeler, a civil affairs officer, was on active duty for the United States Army, attached to and serving the CPA-SC in Al-Hillah, Iraq, where he was responsible for developing and ordering contracts and contract solicitations on which the CPA expended funds in the reconstruction efforts of Iraq.

See the full content of this document

Extract

U.S. Army Officer Arrested in Case Involving Bribery, Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme in Al-Hillah, Iraq

According to an affidavit filed at U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia, beginning in 2003, certain CPA officials and a contractor c...

See the full content of this document