NEW YORK, Oct. 21 -- A federal prosecutor unsealed an indictment Friday charging a veteran Texas oil tycoon, two Swiss associates and three of their companies with paying millions in kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's government in exchange for rights to buy discounted Iraqi crude under the U.N.... -
Texan Indicted In Oil-for-Food Kickback Scheme
NEW YORK, Oct. 21 -- A federal prosecutor unsealed an indictment Friday charging a veteran Texas oil tycoon, two Swiss associates and three of their companies with paying millions in kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's government in exchange for rights to buy discounted Iraqi crude under the U.N....-
By Colum Lynch