Allegations Surface Halliburton Wasted Tax Dollars In Iraq
Insider's Documents Detail Misspending Of Money
POSTED: Thursday, July 1, 2004
HOUSTON -- A Halliburton insider alleged Wednesday the company purposely wasted tax dollars in Iraq.
Former Halliburton employee Marie DeYoung said the company made no effort to hold down costs because everything was passed on to taxpayers.DeYoung showed News2Houston documents detailing the alleged waste, which included $50,000 charges for sodas ($45 per case) and $1 million per month to clean clothes.The former Halliburton worker said the company responded to her complaints, saying, " We can be as dumb and stupid as we want in the first year of war ... nobody's going to care. They're using war an excuse but it's not the war. It's very bad management," DeYoung told News2Houston.In a later statement from Halliburton, the company said the soda problem has been corrected and the laundry charges were being investigated.The company said the allegations are not true and that the company is cavalier about taxpayer money.
Copyright 2004 by Click2Houston.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Former Halliburton employee Marie DeYoung said the company made no effort to hold down costs because everything was passed on to taxpayers.DeYoung showed News2Houston documents detailing the alleged waste, which included $50,000 charges for sodas ($45 per case) and $1 million per month to clean clothes.The former Halliburton worker said the company responded to her complaints, saying, " We can be as dumb and stupid as we want in the first year of war ... nobody's going to care. They're using war an excuse but it's not the war. It's very bad management," DeYoung told News2Houston.In a later statement from Halliburton, the company said the soda problem has been corrected and the laundry charges were being investigated.The company said the allegations are not true and that the company is cavalier about taxpayer money.Copyright 2004 by Click2Houston.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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