ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- A federal jury Thursday ordered military contractor Custer Battles to pay nearly $10 million in damages and penalties for defrauding the government on its work in Iraq.
"Americans are fighting and dying in Iraq," said Alan Grayson, the lead attorney for two whistle-blowers who brought the civil suit on behalf of the government. "Companies like Custer Battles go there with the idea of stuffing their pockets with cash. This jury of eight people heard the evidence and were repelled by it."
The jury's decision followed a contentious three-week trial featuring charges that Custer Battles used fake invoices, forgery and shell companies in the Cayman Islands to run up millions of dollars in profits...
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