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( |) v- x" P* `3 O# r Federal prosecutors in New York have obtained a long-expected indictment against the former head of the defunct UN oil for food program, Benon Sevan, of Cyprus. Seva stanley canada n is n stanley cup ot in custody. He is in Cyprus, but there is an Interpol warrant for his arrest. Sevan, 69, lead the 64-billion dollar UN program from its inception in 1996 stanley cup to its demise in 2003, with the US invasion of Iraq. CBS The program allowed Iraq, while under economic sanctions from the first Gulf War, to export a limited amount of its vast oil reserves. The UN brokered the trade, but Saddam Hussein picked the buyers of his oil and the sellers of food, medicine, and supplies to him. The program, multiple investigations have found, was riddled with bribes and kickbacks arranged by Saddam s regime and the complicity of government officials and businessman worldwide. U.S. Attorney Michael J. Garcia said The allegations in this current indictment that the executive director of the very program that was created to provide humanitarian aid to the Iraqi people was involved in such a scheme demonstrates how pervasive the corruption was, and how that corruption undermined the operation of the program. Sevan ndash; the 14th individual indicted or convicted during the course of the investigation, is charged with bribery and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Another businessman named Fred Nadler was charged with him today. They ve been added in a superseding indictment to the case pending against Houston oil tycoon Os Wvjm Visit the edge of space in a capsule powered by a helium balloon# j' u4 p+ S( G3 K/ [* L" y2 j! k
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