* Business * Corporate governance Constructor says payments may be corrupt
A construction company formerly owned by Halliburton, US vice-president Dick Cheney’s old firm, has admitted it may have made payments to government officials in a number of countries.
MW Kellogg, based in Greenford, west London, has been investigated by prosecutors in five countries – including the Serious Fraud Office in Britain – concerning allegations of bribes in Nigeria worth $180m (£101m).
It has also now emerged that payments made by the firm in other countries may be improper.
The Nigerian corruption allegations have attracted attention since some of the payments were allegedly made while Cheney was in overall charge of Halliburton, which at that time owned MW Kellogg.
On Wednesday, Jack Stanley, a former colleague of Cheney and one-time director of MW Kellogg, pleaded guilty in the US to paying bribes to Nigerian officials over…
