Philip Bloom, the partner of Bogdan Baltazar in the Baltazar, Bloom & Pirvulescu consultancy, was arrested in the US, having been charged with paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks to obtain contracts in Iraq.
The American businessman appeared in court yesterday, the New York Times reports, which adds that this is the first in a series of criminal charges against officials and contracts overseeing the rebuilding of Iraq
Bloom, who controlled three companies that did work in Iraq in the reconstruction effort, was charged with conspiracy, wire fraud, conspiracy to launder money and interstate transportation of stolen property, all in connection with obtaining up to $3.5 million in reportedly fraudulent contracts. Philip Bloom, the partner of Bogdan Baltazar in the Baltazar, Bloom & Pirvulescu consultancy, was arrested in the US, having been charged with paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks to obtain contracts in Iraq.
The American businessman appeared in court yesterday, the New York Times reports, which adds that this is the first in a series of criminal charges against officials and contracts overseeing the rebuilding of Iraq
Bloom, who controlled three companies that did work in Iraq in the reconstruction effort, was charged with conspiracy, wire fraud, conspiracy to launder money and interstate transportation of stolen property, all in connection with obtaining up to $3.5 million in reportedly fraudulent contracts.