Halliburton settles with Nigeria in a bribery case that includes charges against Dick Cheney. Halliburton will pay in Cheney case

Halliburton has agreed to pay $35 million to the Nigerian government to settle a bribery case that included charges filed against former Vice President Dick Cheney.

The company said in a statement that it offered the payment in response to "allegations of improper payments to government officials in Nigeria."


All lawsuits and charges against Halliburton and its subsidiary KBR “have been withdrawn [and] the [Federal Government of Nigeria] agreed not to bring any further criminal charges or civil claims against those entities or persons,” the company added.

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission last week dropped charges against Cheney, who was Halliburton’s CEO from 1995 to 2000, and eight others. The agency alleged that the company paid bribes totaling $180 million to Nigerian officials. (See also: Nigeria charges Dick Cheney with bribery.)

Halliburton will pay $32.5 million directly to the government and an additional $2.5 million for the government’s legal fees and other expenses.

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