Oil-for-Food Scandal: We Got Em!

[Nbadan]

Those bastard French RIGHT! No...............must be those bastard Syrians then, RIGHT!...........no.........the Russians, it was the Commie Russians, RIGHT!........




...........eh...



..........it was a TeXas oil Tycoon...................

By Daniel Trotta and Paritosh Bansal
Mon Oct 1, 1:39 PM ET




NEW YORK (Reuters) - Aging Texas oilman Oscar Wyatt pleaded guilty to conspiracy on Monday in the U.N. oil-for-food scandal in which millions of dollars in kickbacks were paid to Saddam Hussein's government to win oil contracts from Iraq.


"I did not want to waste any more time -- I am 83 years old -- fooling with this operation. The quicker I get it over with the better," Wyatt said after the hearing.

The self-made tycoon known for his unfettered opinions and flamboyant style pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one of five charges against him, cutting short his trial in the face of extensive evidence.

Yahoooooooooooooooo (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071001/us_nm/un_iraq_trial_dc)

[Hemotivo]

http://www.arete-eci.com/~alanus/conspiracy.jpg

[clambake]

so.......a texas oil catter that admits to accepting and funneling money is a tin hat guy?

hemotivo no likey?

[Nbadan]

Looks like the Bush Junta is ready to throw long-time GOP contributor, Oscar Wyatt under the bus for his role in the food-for-oil scandal...

U.S. says Texas oilman not reformed, deserves prison
By Christine Kearney
Mon Nov 26, 3:35 PM ET


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Texas oilman Oscar Wyatt, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the U.N. oil-for-food scandal, has not reformed and should receive the maximum prison sentence, U.S. prosecutors said in court papers filed on Monday.

During his trial in October, Wyatt, 83, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one of five charges against him stemming from the scandal, in which millions of dollars in kickbacks were paid to Saddam Hussein's government to win oil contracts from Iraq.

In a sentencing memo, U.S. prosecutors said Wyatt should receive the maximum sentence under his plea agreement of between 18 to 24 months when he is sentenced Tuesday. He had originally faced a maximum of 74 years.

Wyatt's breaking of the program's rules were "both sophisticated and carefully calculated" and "breathtakingly immoral," prosecutors said in the memo, arguing his guilty plea during the trial was due to his old age, not a sign of remorse.

"There is nothing in the circumstances of Wyatt's eleventh-hour plea that even begins to suggest that Wyatt is a wholly new man, reformed, and sure now to put behind him decades of illegal activities," the memo said.

Yahoooo (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071126/us_nm/un_iraq_trial_dc)

Serves him right for criticizing Dubya's War in Iraq.....

[Twisted_Dawg]

Isn't this the same crook that screwed San Antonio back in the 1970's when he was with Coastal Oil? He could not deliver the natural gas we bought and all over the city we had to turn off lights at night.....freeways, signs, parking lots, etc? It looked like a ghost town at night.

[boutons_]

Oscar Wyatt and San Antonio in the 70s:

http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/stories/MYSA100307.01E.hendricks.2c1fbf0.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/19/business/19wyatt.html


He's a scumbag, but has lots of money, so by definition, he's a Great American and Great Texan. http://spurstalk.com/forums/images/smilies/smilol.gif