__/ [ John Bailo ] on Monday 23 April 2007 20:25 \__
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http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199200496
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>> Accenture, Hewlett-Packard, and Sun Microsystems have operated illegal
>> kickback schemes over the last 10 years that have bilked taxpayers out of
>> millions of dollars annually through government IT contracts, federal
>> prosecutors say.
>>
>> The allegations were contained in separate lawsuits filed last week in an
>> Arkansas federal court by the Department of Justice. The complaints
>> claimed the defendants paid or received kickbacks from dozens of companies
>> in violation of federal law, while denying that they had such
>> arrangements. In filing the complaints, the DOJ joined whistleblower suits
>> that were filed against the companies in 2004.
Microsoft was named among the culripts as well. There was 12 of them.
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