Plumbers
are notorious for excessive bills. But none has come even remotely
close to matching an extravagant claim by a South Carolina firm: almost
$1m (£500,000) for two metal washers worth 19c each.
Charlene
Corley, 47, co-owner of the plumbing and electrical firm C&D
Distributors, who supplied parts to the military, is awaiting sentence
after pleading guilty yesterday to defrauding the Pentagon. She faces
20 years in jail.
The most expensive washers in history were part
of $20.5m the company stole from the Pentagon over the last 10 years.
The company shipped plumbing and electrical parts to US bases round the
world, including Iraq and Afghanistan.
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