A U.S. government contractor in Iraq charged the Pentagon a whopping amount of money for inexpensive items, including $900 for a $7 control switch, according to a new report from a U.S. watchdog.
U.S. Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart W. Bowen Jr. said review found that Anham, LLC, which is based in suburban Washington, allowed its subcontractors in Iraq to also charge $3,000 for a $100 circuit breaker, and $80 for a piece of plumbing equipment worth $1.41.
As a result, Bowen’s inspectors are seeking to review all Anham contracts with the U.S. government in Iraq and Afghanistan, which total about $3.9 billion.
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Nobody needs be afraid of perhaps one day facing any meaningful consequences for defrauding the American taxpayer ever again. At least not as long as the likes of Barney Frank and his ilk are still walking the streets free men.
Again this smoke-and-mirror brought up – must be heading into an election, or someone is trying to keep his job from being made redundant
In order to sell to the US military you, and all of your sub-contractors, have to comply to the military’s security regulations. Compliance is armed guards, security background checks on all persons who manufacture, handle the product, walk across the shop floor, etc., etc., and a lot more etc.
This cost of compliance is paid by you and recovered by your price to the military. So, yes, the public’s $1.41 plumbing part is sold to the military for $80 – putting the compliance costs into the military budget where it belongs and not hidden by raising the cost to John Q. Public.
“Give me a break.”