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Viewing cable 09BAGHDAD2927, ICCTF COMBATS CONTRACT FRAUD AND CORRUPTION IN

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09BAGHDAD2927 2009-11-02 14:23 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Baghdad
VZCZCXRO6245
PP RUEHBC RUEHDA RUEHDE RUEHDH RUEHIHL RUEHKUK
DE RUEHGB #2927/01 3061423
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 021423Z NOV 09
FM AMEMBASSY BAGHDAD
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5321
INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
RHMFIUU/FBI WASHINGTON DC
RUEAWJA/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BAGHDAD 002927 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
JUSTICE FOR JJONES, ANORMAN, TBARTLETT, BSWARTZ 
STATE FOR INL/I, NEA/I 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV SOCI IZ KCRM KJUS
SUBJECT: ICCTF COMBATS CONTRACT FRAUD AND CORRUPTION IN 
IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION EFFORT 
 
1. (SBU) SUMMARY: To address corruption and fraud that 
pervaded the government procurement process during the 
initial stages of the USG's Iraq reconstruction effort, DOJ 
created the International Contract Corruption Task Force 
(ICCTF) in March 2006.  The ICCTF is a joint law enforcement 
task force comprised of law enforcement agents from DOJ, DOS, 
and DOD that seeks to detect, investigate and dismantle 
corruption and contract fraud resulting from U.S. Overseas 
Contingency Operations, including in Afghanistan, Iraq and 
Kuwait.  In FY 2009, ICCTF joint investigations in Iraq led 
to nine U.S. indictments and facilitated the opening of 
several cases by Iraqi authorities through the Major Crimes 
Task Force (MCTF), a joint US-Iraqi team that investigates 
high-profile and sensitive cases for the GOI.  END SUMMARY. 
 
2. (SBU) The ICCTF has personnel based at several sites in 
Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan where the US has engaged private 
contractors to develop and deliver services to the USG on a 
massive scale.  The ICCTF,s mission is to integrate the full 
spectrum of investigative, intelligence, audit and 
prosecutorial resources to combat contract fraud and public 
corruption related to USG spending, with an emphasis on 
Southwest Asia Operations, and to enhance operational 
effectiveness among US law enforcement entities and with GOI 
partners.  Located in four Iraq sites (International Zone, 
Balad Airbase, Al-Asad Airbase and Victory Base Complex), the 
ICCTF is comprised of 22 agents from the FBI, Defense 
Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS), SIGIR, State OIG, 
USAID OIG, U.S. Army Criminal Investigative Command (CID), 
Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI), and Naval 
Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS).  As corruption and 
fraud schemes often cross international boundaries, the ICCTF 
has positioned 46 agents overall in the Southwest Asia region 
(Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait) to investigate cases of 
contract fraud and public corruption in support of U.S. 
Overseas Contingency Operations. 
 
3. (SBU) In FY 2009, the ICCTF maintained 109 open 
investigations in Iraq, obtained 9 indictments/informations, 
and secured 8 convictions in U.S. Federal Court.  The task 
force has three case categories: public corruption (bribery, 
kickbacks and conflicts of interest); procurement fraud 
(false claims and statements, and/or 
undelivered/defective/counterfeit products); and theft and 
diversion (large scale theft and diversion of assets).  ICCTF 
investigations have led to arrest and indictment in U.S. 
Federal Court of U.S. civilian and military contracting 
officers who have used their positions and responsibilities 
to defraud the USG of funds or assets or to solicit bribes 
from Iraqi companies in exchange for award of contracts. 
 
4. (SBU) One case developed by the ICCTF was the 
investigation in United States vs. William Dubois, et. al. 
The case involved the theft of nearly USD 40 million in 
diesel and aviation fuel from a DOD facility in Baghdad, 
Iraq.  Using fraudulent documents and identification cards, 
the subjects gained access to a U.S. military base to steal 
the fuel.  The fuel was later sold on the black market. 
These thefts could lead to an inadequate fuel supply for 
military operations at a time of emergency should fuel not be 
available when needed.  Dubois was sentenced in August 2009 
to three years in prison for his role in the fuel theft 
Qto three years in prison for his role in the fuel theft 
scheme.  His co-conspirators have been convicted in the U.S. 
Federal Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and are 
awaiting sentencing. 
 
5. (SBU) In furtherance of the goals of Section VIII of the 
US-Iraq Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA), when ICCTF 
investigations of fraud and corruption involve Iraqi 
nationals, information is shared with the GOI,s Ministry of 
Interior (MOI) in order to facilitate an investigation by 
Iraqi authorities with assistance from US law enforcement 
personnel.  In February 2009, the ICCTF uncovered a fraud 
scheme involving a non-governmental agency falsifying 
contracts in order to steal the funding for the projects. 
The ICCTF shared this information with the MCTF, which opened 
an investigation and obtained 11 arrest warrants for Iraqi 
nationals alleged to have participated in the scheme. (NOTE: 
The MCTF is a joint task force comprised of MOI investigators 
and U.S. federal law enforcement agents, under the leadership 
of the FBI. END NOTE). 
 
6. (SBU) COMMENT: The ICCTF is both an important element of 
the US federal law enforcement effort in Iraq as well as an 
example to GOI counterparts and partners that the U.S. 
 
BAGHDAD 00002927  002 OF 002 
 
 
&walks the walk8 when it comes to investigating and 
prosecuting public corruption and fraud.  The engagement by 
the ICCTF with Iraqi investigators through the MCTF is 
illustrative of the important relationships being established 
by USG and GOI law enforcement which will benefit future 
investigative cooperation, in accordance with the principles 
of law enforcement and judicial cooperation outlined in 
Section VIII of the SFA. END COMMENT 
HILL