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Iraq Extradites Fugitive Defense Contractor to U.S. to Face Fraud Charges

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 28, 2014. A Las Vegas-based former Department of Defense contractor has been extradited from Iraq to the United States to face fraud and conspiracy charges for attempting to bribe U.S. officials in order to secure government contracts for his companies.   Metin Atilan, 54, is the first person extradited from Iraq to the United States pursuant to the U.S.-Iraq extradition treaty signed on June 7, 1934 and entered into force in 1936.

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