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Halliburton Exec Pleads Guilty to Bribing Nigerian Officials

HeadlineSep 08, 2008

A former Halliburton executive has pleaded guilty to orchestrating more than $180 million in bribes to senior Nigerian government officials. Albert Stanley used the bribes to help Halliburton win a contract to build a $6 billion liquefied natural gas plant in Nigeria. Several of the bribes were paid during the time when Vice President Dick Cheney led Halliburton.

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