Friday, October 21, 2005

US charges 3 people, 3 firms in Iraq oil program

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors in New York have charged three more people in connection with secret kickbacks in the U.N. oil-for-food program, the U.S. Attorney's office said on Friday.

They were Oscar S. Wyatt Jr., a Texas business executive and the former chairman of Coastal Corp.; Catalina del Socorro Miguel Fuentes, a Swiss business executive; and Mohammed Saidji, a Swiss business executive, prosecutors said in a statement.

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