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One-Year Term for Oilman Convicted in Iraq Kickbacks
"Oscar S. Wyatt Jr., the self-made Texas oilman who pleaded guilty in October to violating the rules of the United Nations oil-for-food program, was sentenced yesterday to a year and a day in prison, half the maximum penalty he faced under federal sentencing guidelines.
Oscar S. Wyatt Jr. received a year and a day in prison, half the federal penalty he faced.
Mr. Wyatt, who is 83 and ailing, entered a surprise guilty plea in October, on the 14th day of his trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan. He admitted that he paid kickbacks to Saddam Hussein’s government in 2001 to gain access to lucrative Iraqi oil contracts."
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/us/28wyatt.html?ref=world
"Oscar S. Wyatt Jr., the self-made Texas oilman who pleaded guilty in October to violating the rules of the United Nations oil-for-food program, was sentenced yesterday to a year and a day in prison, half the maximum penalty he faced under federal sentencing guidelines.
Oscar S. Wyatt Jr. received a year and a day in prison, half the federal penalty he faced.
Mr. Wyatt, who is 83 and ailing, entered a surprise guilty plea in October, on the 14th day of his trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan. He admitted that he paid kickbacks to Saddam Hussein’s government in 2001 to gain access to lucrative Iraqi oil contracts."
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/us/28wyatt.html?ref=world
