Indictions in Iraq oil-for-food scandal

A British citizen, a Texas businessman and a Bulgarian have been indicted for an alleged scheme to pay millions of dollars in secret kickbacks to Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq as part of the United Nations’ oil-for-food programme, US prosecutors said today.

US Attorney David Kelley announced the unsealing of the indictment, which his office said also named two companies operated by the unidentified Texan.