Custer Battles cofounder denies bilking government.

From: Providence Journal (Providence, RI) | Date: March 7, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: John E. Mulligan

Mar. 7--ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The cofounder of Custer Battles LLC yesterday denied charges of false billings for millions of dollars in contracts as the last of the evidence was heard in the first trial of profiteering charges from the war in Iraq.

Custer Battles co-owner Scott Custer portrayed the company, which was partly based in Rhode Island, as performing well under dangerous and "extremely difficult" conditions during the summer and fall after the United States invaded Iraq in 2003.

Custer also denied a new allegation that his partner, ...

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