Wife of military contractor arrested ($$ laundering)

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/germany_us_contractor_probe

Jacqueline Battles, wife of Mike Battles of Custer Battles (a terrible name for a company I think) is being held in Germany.

BERLIN - The wife of an American military contractor accused of cheating U.S. taxpayers has been arrested on suspicion of laundering her husband's ill-gotten gains after investigators seized about $1 million from her accounts, a prosecutor said Monday. Jacqueline Battles, a German citizen, was detained after a German bank informed authorities about "suspicious transactions" on her accounts two months ago, prosecutor David Kirkpatrick told The Associated Press.

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In March, a U.S. jury ordered Battles' husband, contractor Mike Battles, and his business partner Scott Custer to pay $10 million for swindling the U.S. government over Iraqi rebuilding projects in connection with their Middletown, R.I.-based company, Custer Battles LLC. That ruling was the first civil fraud verdict arising from the Iraq war. However, a federal judge overturned a substantial portion of the verdict on a technicality in July, saying any fraud was against the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq rather than the U.S. government, even though American taxpayers ultimately footed the bill.

According to a letter obtained by The Associated Press in August, Jacqueline Battles is suspected of moving at least $2 million into overseas accounts to hide "the origin" of her husband's money.

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1. BLOOD MONEY!

DOGS OF WAR WILL GET WHAT THEY DESERVE

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2. Dumb slut trophy wife

nt

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3. Whaaaaaaaaaaa??

" However, a federal judge overturned a substantial portion of the verdict on a technicality in July, saying any fraud was against the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq rather than the U.S. government, even though American taxpayers ultimately footed the bill."
??????????????????
What the *&^%$ is THIS???
The CPA WAS a part of the federal government, set up and run by the Defense Department!! The CPA absolutely was part of the US federal government, who set it up and paid every nickel. (I mean the taxpayers paid every nickel)
This is the dumbest thing I ever heard of, at least since Bush's last speech. Impeach this judge!!