District Court, S.D. New York February 22, 2007, S5 05 CR. 59(DC) (United States v. Chalmers)

OPINION

CHIN, District Judge.

In this case, the Government alleges that defendants paid secret and illegal surcharges to the Government of Iraq in exchange for the right to receive allocations of Iraqi oil under the United Nations Office of the Iraq Programme, Oil-for-Food (the “Program”).