$13 Billion in Iraq Aid Wasted Or Stolen, Ex-Investigator Says
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, September 23, 2008; Page A19
A former Iraqi official estimated yesterday that more than $13 billion meant for reconstruction projects in Iraq was wasted or stolen through elaborate fraud schemes.
Salam Adhoob, a former chief investigator for Iraq's Commission on Public Integrity, told the Senate Democratic Policy Committee, an arm of the Democratic caucus, that an Iraqi auditing bureau "could not properly account for" the money.
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