Germans probe Custer Battles con-men
More news today in the probe into a Middletown-based war contractor accused of defrauding the government, Custer Battles.
German authorities say they're getting help from the U-S Justice Department on a probe into one-point-seven (m) million dollars deposited in German banks by the wife of Mike Battles, who cofounded the firm.
The Justice Department won't comment.
German authorities have seized nearly two (m) million dollars from Jacqueline Battles. They've also put her on an electronic monitor and ordered her to remain in Germany.
Last March, a jury in Virginia found Custer Battles defrauded the U-S government. It ordered the company to pay ten (m) million dollars in a whistleblower lawsuit later overturned on a legal technicality.
A lawyer for Custer Battles says German authorities may not understand that the whistleblower lawsuit was not a criminal case. Link
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German authorities say they're getting help from the U-S Justice Department on a probe into one-point-seven (m) million dollars deposited in German banks by the wife of Mike Battles, who cofounded the firm.
The Justice Department won't comment.
German authorities have seized nearly two (m) million dollars from Jacqueline Battles. They've also put her on an electronic monitor and ordered her to remain in Germany.
Last March, a jury in Virginia found Custer Battles defrauded the U-S government. It ordered the company to pay ten (m) million dollars in a whistleblower lawsuit later overturned on a legal technicality.
A lawyer for Custer Battles says German authorities may not understand that the whistleblower lawsuit was not a criminal case. Link
db: Previously on def brain
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