Paul Volcker

...said Friday. The voluminous archive was complied by the Independent Inquiry Committee, led by former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker, whose final report in October 2005 accused more than 2,200 companies from some 40 countries of...

In this article: United Nations, Kofi Annan, Saddam Hussein, Iraq, Federal Reserve, and Kuwait

...year by CIA adviser Charles A. Duelfer. In April of last year, Annan appointed Volcker to lead an inquiry into allegations that senior U.N. officials, including Sevan, profited from the program. Volcker accused Sevan in a February report...

In this article: United Nations, Paul A. Volcker, Allegation, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, and Kofi Annan

...kickbacks from companies that traded with it. Annan established the Volcker committee in April 2004 to investigate allegations that U.N. official had engaged in corrupt activities. In February, the committee accused the program's...

In this article: United Nations, Paul A. Volcker, Kofi Annan, Christopher Shays, Injunction, and Allegation

...in kickbacks from companies doing business with Iraq. The U.N. investigation, headed by former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Paul A. Volcker, has established that Sevan, the administrator Annan handpicked for the program, steered...

In this article: Kofi Annan, United Nations, Norm Coleman, United States, Paul A. Volcker, Iraq, Benon Sevan, Allegation, and Edward Luck

...they were cooperating with the investigation. The fraud office started an inquiry after the former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman, Paul Volcker, detailed corruption in the oil-for-food program. His report, released in 2005, accused 2,200...

In this article: Saddam Hussein, U.K., Allegation, Serious Fraud Office, Eli Lilly, U.S. Federal Reserve, GlaxoSmithKline, and AstraZeneca

...corporate reform legislation. Six feet, 8 inches tall with a rumbling baritone voice, Volcker cuts a larger-than-life figure and was the first to bring celebrity status to the job of U.S. central banker. While in charge of the Fed he...

In this article: Recession, Inflation, The Fed, Saddam Hussein, United States, Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke, Jimmy Carter, and Malaise

...of the US Federal Reserve, alleged that Saddam's regime exploited this loophole. He reported Saddam's regime "diverted $1.8bn in illicit surcharges". Volcker said 2,400 companies from 66 countries made irregular payments to the regime.

In this article: Saddam Hussein, United Nations, Allegation, Britain, Policies and Procedures, and Serious Fraud Office

...$AU300 million to Alia, a Jordanian trucking company. Volcker found that Alia kept a small percentage of the 'charges', and passed the remainder to the government of Saddam Hussein. An accompanying statement released with the report by...

In this article: AWB Limited, United Nations, Sydney Morning Herald, Terms of reference, and Saddam Hussein

...public service, according to colleagues. Among his public service commitments, he headed up the independent corruption investigation into the United Nations oil-for-food program with Saddam Hussein. He also served for a time as chairman of...

In this article: Barack Obama, Inflation, Federal Reserve, Brad DeLong, Kenneth Duberstein, Sugar, Ronald Reagan, Recession, and Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia