Former Employee of Halliburton Subsidiary Files Qui Tam Suit

By Katie Hauser

Published on September 12, 2006

The company was contracted to provide recreational services to U.S. troops in Iraq, but McBride alleges that they overcharged the government for services they never provided, and that they took advantage of services and foods sent to Iraq for the troops.

McBride was hired in 2004 as a morale and recreation coordinator at Camp Fallujah, a Marine installation near Baghdad. She was dismissed within one year as a result of voicing several complaints about KBR’s management of federal funding.

In her suit, McBride claims that a large amount of food ordered for a Super Bowl party for the troops in 2005 was not given to the soldiers, but taken to KBR lodgings instead. The food was eaten at a party during which KBR employees watched the game on a widescreen television also taken from supplies sent for the troops.

McBride alleges that the company also over-billed the government for services provided to troops. The government was billed by the number of soldiers using the recreational facilities at Camp Fallujah, and McBride claims some soldiers were counted multiple times during a single visit.

Halliburton denies these allegations, claiming that McBride and numerous other plaintiffs simply misinterpreted the facts.

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