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The raising of expensive dams brings a fortune in kickbacks to politicians and regulators.
Another defendant, Gerard Denault, who worked for S.A.I.C., took $9 million in kickbacks, he said.
Sali Berisha, the prime minister, Mr. Mediu and Mr. Pinari all denied involvement in kickbacks.
The indictment had accused them of working with Mr. Mazer to conceal millions of dollars in kickbacks he allegedly received.
Instead, he awarded contracts to people he had ties to and took nearly $25 million in kickbacks, prosecutors charged.
He had pocketed tens of thousands of dollars in kickbacks while governor and a county executive in Maryland.
Now Mr Iftikhar stands accused of taking $3.6m in kickbacks from Malik Riaz, a wealthy property magnate.
Their efforts netted them tens of millions of dollars in kickbacks from firms investing the fund's money, the indictment said.
It also found that the program had generated $1.8 billion in kickbacks for the government of Saddam Hussein.
He awarded contracts to people he had ties to, and took nearly $25 million in kickbacks, prosecutors said.
The president is accused of taking more than $10 million in kickbacks from illegal gambling and from tobacco taxes.
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