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Congressional Committee Explores Contractor Overcharges<\/strong><\/p>\n

Of great interest to whistleblower lawyers is how much suspected fraud and abuse has occurred in Iraq reconstruction contracts. Goverment auditors recently announced<\/a> that they now believe that Iraq contractor fraud and abuse may be three times greater than the previous estimates–and may affect one out of every six dollars <\/strong><\/em>spent in the Iraq reconstruction effort.<\/p>\n

The estimate has grown from $3.5 billion to more than $10 billion in “questioned and unsupported costs,” according to the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), which audits Iraq reconstruction contracts and troop support contracts of the Department of Defense and the U.S. military. <\/p>\n

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