"The payments, which were channeled through compliance, were described as 'a cultural thing.' ".
The department was forced to use a third party to make the payments, which are still incomplete.
Only living victims, not their estates, will get the payments, which will be made in 2014, or earlier if possible.
Long-distance telephone companies are required to make the payments, which are among their highest transmission costs.
The payments, which can last as long as 15 years, create a tidy income stream, typically taxed at the lower capital gains rate.
The program clearly needs an independent administrator to handle the payments, which are now distributed by Ms. Hasina's office, and to help speed up the identification of bodies.
Managers at group headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, were apparently informed about the payments (which were said to be made through intermediaries) in 2005.
His estranged wife still lives there, but they cannot meet the payments, which are increasing even as the value of the house declines.
McFadden also called for an investigation into the payments, which he described as "a reward for being taken over by us – the taxpayers".
The payments, which will run for 20 years, are expected to come direct from the Treasury, rather than electricity companies who are paying consumers for solar electricity generation.
As the interest rates reset in coming months, it will become even harder for her to make the payments, which are now $4,400 a month.
