The Big Money Laundering Scam that Was Iraq
As, Discussed on the Hating It Magazine Call In Show: Footballs Of Cash Sent To Iraq, Most of it Was Stolen
…Willis says the bricks of money were also sometimes referred to as footballs “… because we passed them around in little pickup games in our office,” he says laughing.
Asked if he has any evidence that the accounting system was a little loose, Willis says, “I would describe it as nonexistent.”
…People on the ground in Iraq said that doing business with the CPA was reminiscent of the Wild West. Former CPA employees told a congressional committee that sackfuls of cash were tossed around like footballs. Franklin Willis, showed pictures of himself and others holding up bundles of $100 notes totaling $2 million, which he said was used to pay the contractor Custer Battles. “We told them to come in and bring a bag,” Willis said. …