Legal Opinion
United States v. Chalmers
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 22, 2007No. S5 05 CR. 59(DC)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHIN, District Judge.
In this case, the Government alleges that defendants paid secret and illegal surcharges to the Government of Iraq in exchange for the right to receive allocations of Iraqi oil under the United Nations Office of the Iraq Programme, Oil-for-Food (the “Program”). Defendants are charged with wire fraud, engaging in prohibited financial transactions with Iraq, conspiracy, and violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEE-PA”). Defendants move to dismiss certain charges and for other relief.
BACKGROUND
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