- Philip Bloom
Philip Bloom is an American businessman who pled guilty on
April 18 2006 to conspiracy, bribery and money laundering in connection with a scheme to defraud theCoalition Provisional Authority - South Central Region (CPA-SC) during theoccupation of Iraq .ref|USDoJ20060418Bloom was accused of bribing
Lieutenant Colonel Bruce D. Hopfengardner , Lieutenant ColonelMichael Wheeler , Lieutenant ColonelDebra Harrison and a CPA Comptroller and convictedfelon namedRobert Stein Jr. . Bloom admitted paying Stein and the others more than $2 million in money and gifts in return for them using their official positions to award contracts to Bloom and his companies. Bloom, Stein, and the others also facilitated numerous wire transfers of money that were the proceeds of the fraudulently awarded bids and at least $2 million in stolen money from the CPA, in order to conceal the source and origin of the funds.Bloom, a
U.S. citizen, is a construction contractor, who had been living inRomania before his arrest on17 December 2005 .ref|USDoJ20051117 His Romanian partners have denied all knowledge of hisIraq activities.ref|Buc1His Romanian-based companies are Global Business Group, GBG Holdings and GBG-Logistics Division.
A summary of the Bloom/Stein conspiracy was published by the
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction as an appendix to isOctober 30 2006 Quarterly Report to theUnited States Congress .ref|SIGIR20061030 The conspiracy is estimated to have defrauded theCoalition Provisional Authority of more than $8.6 million.On February 16, 2007, Bloom was sentenced to 46 months in jail with probation following his sentence as part of a deal for cooperating with the investigation.
References
# [http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2006/April/06_crm_223.html Contractor Pleads Guilty In Case Involving Bribery, Fraud And Money Laundering Scheme In Al-Hillah, Iraq] , "
United States Department of Justice ",April 18 2006
# [http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/press_room/press_releases/2005_4316_crmPR_fraudNmonyLaundrngScheme.pdf FORMER COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY OFFICIAL AND CONTRACTOR ARRESTED IN CASE INVOLVING FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME IN IRAQ] , "United States Department of Justice ",November 17 2005
# [http://www.daily-news.ro/article_detail.php?idarticle=19284 Philip Bloom arrested in Iraq reconstruction deals scandal] , "Bucharest Daily News ",December 16 2005
# [http://www.sigir.mil/reports/quarterlyreports/Oct06/pdf/App_J_-_October_2006.pdf A Summary of the Bloom/ Stein Conspiracy] , "Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction ",October 30 ,2006
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