RESTON, Va., — Sallyport Global is strongly disputing claims two former employees made about company personnel at Balad Air Force Base in Iraq and released documents shedding light on many of the allegations they made in an Associated Press story that ran May 3, 2017. "The claims made by two former employees paint an inaccurate picture […]
US company turned blind eye to wild behavior on Iraq base By DESMOND BUTLER and LORI HINNANT, Associated Press — WASHINGTON, The two American investigators felt a sense of foreboding that Sunday as they headed to an emergency meeting with their boss on the Iraqi air base. But they didn't expect to be surrounded by […]
Corporate Whistleblower Center Now Urges Employees of DOD Contractors in Iraq/Afghanistan to Call About Rewards if Their Employer is Overbilling for Hours or Services Never Rendered The Corporate Whistleblower Center says, "We are urging employees of contractors providing services to the Department of Defense in Iraq or Afghanistan to call us anytime at 866-714-6466 if their […]
The United States and Japan signed an agreement last week that could end Status of Forces Agreement coverage for some military contractors without specialized skills. The SOFA supplemental agreement negotiations were made public last year, shortly after a contractor working in Okinawa was arrested on charges that he raped and killed a 20-year-old Japanese woman. While SOFA […]
Blackwater successor Academi asked a Virginia federal judge on Thursday to toss a False Claims Act suit accusing it of falsifying firearms qualifications for U.S. Department of State guards in Afghanistan, arguing that the claims don’t hold up under the U.S. Supreme Court‘s recent Escobar decision. In a reply in support of its motion for […]