In a bizarre twist, the founder of notorious mercenary firm Blackwater (renamed Xe) Erik Prince, has emigrated from the United States to become a resident of the United Arab Emirates, reports Abu Dhabi newspaper, The National. Whistleblowers — seeking to corroborate allegations that Prince’s company negligently or unjustifiably shot civilians, fraudulently submitted false claims to the […]
In a report issued yesterday, the Government Accountability Office sustained a bid protest against Blackwater Lodge and Training Center (renamed U.S. Training Center), a member of the former Blackwater family of private soldier and security companies (renamed Xe Services, LLC). According to the original award, the Army planned to pay Blackwater $1 billion to train […]
A former marine and his wife who worked for the notorious private military company, Blackwater (renamed Xe Services LLC), have turned whistleblower and are prosecuting the company under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. The Complaint paints a deeply disturbing picture of loosely supervised mercenaries, unnecesary acts of brute violence, sexual depravity, […]
Healthcare fraud was far and away the subject of most interest to our readers in 2010, with 19 out of the top 20 most read posts concerning healthcare fraud. The one post in the top 20 not related to healthcare fraud concerned allegations that defense contractor Blackwater billed the government for prostitutes who entertained the mercenary firm’s […]
Yesterday, Kyle Palmer pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter for a shooting death that occurred during a wild party thrown by defense contractor employees in Iraq. Palmer, a security guard working for defense contractor Dyncorp, got so drunk that he began bandying a handgun around and pointing it at his co-worker, Justin Pope. In characteristically cryptic and sterile manner, DoJ describes the […]
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