Halliburton may pay $500 million to keep Cheney out of prison

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MaddSkillz

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Oilfield services company Halliburton is in negotiations with the Nigerian government to keep its former CEO, Dick Cheney, out of prison, according to a news report.

Sources inside Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission told GlobalPost this week that a settlement keeping the charges against Cheney out of court could cost as much as $500 million.

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Wasnt it payments to Government Officials what got him into this mess in the first place. Now they are paying Government Officials to keep him out of the mess?

I don't get it.
 

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Wasnt it payments to Government Officials what got him into this mess in the first place. Now they are paying Government Officials to keep him out of the mess?

I don't get it.

Yes, it's bribery to keep him out of a bribery case.

You can't make this stuff up!!!
 

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