People & Institutions
Stuart W. Bowen Jr.
ستيوارت بوين
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Legal status as of 4 October 2026
Not charged as of the date of writing
Named, for example as an office holder, bank owner or licence holder, with no charge, conviction, sanction or official finding.
What the documents say
- Auditor; testified 21 June 2005 that the audit did not find theft.
- Interviewed by Risen; said he did not know how the money got to Lebanon.
- Clarified in June 2011 that no one had said the money was stolen.
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- Person
- Roles
- former Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (source of the account)
Cases
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| Case | Role | Status in this case | Detail | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPA disbursed about $8.8bn of Iraqi DFI funds to ministries without adequate controls (SIGIR 05-004) | Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction | Not charged as of the date of writing | Auditor; testified 21 June 2005 that the audit did not find theft. | 25 September 2026 |
| "Brick Tracker": reported $1.2 to 1.6bn of airlifted Iraqi cash hidden in a Lebanese bunker (Risen/NYT, October 2014) | former Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (source of the account) | Not charged as of the date of writing | Interviewed by Risen; said he did not know how the money got to Lebanon. | 25 September 2026 |
| The "$6.6bn missing" question: DFI funds at CPA dissolution and DoD's undocumented spending (SIGIR from 2010 to 2012) | Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction | Not charged as of the date of writing | Clarified in June 2011 that no one had said the money was stolen. | 25 September 2026 |
Documents
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- US House Committee on Government Reform (GPO), testimony of DCAA Director William Reed21 June 2005Parliamentary documentTier A
The Development Fund for Iraq hearing (Serial No. 109-72)
Our copy (downloads as a file)OriginalSHA-256 8d1e27961a33DCAA questioned $139 million due to KBR's failure to support the reasonableness of prices paid for fuel and transportation from a Kuwaiti supplier.
It did not say that the money was lost. It did not say that the money was stolen.
The CPA paid cash to 8,026 Iraqi protective guards on the payroll at one ministry, but the Special IG could only verify that 602 actually existed
- Gulf News (reprint of New York Times News Service, James Risen)12 October 2014Press reportTier D
Missing Iraq billions end up in Lebanese bunker
Originaldiscovering that $1.2 billion to $1.6 billion had been stolen and moved to a bunker in rural Lebanon
- Government Executive14 June 2011Press reportTier D
Auditor clarifies comment about missing cash in Iraq
Originalno one has said the money was stolen
Articles
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- 31 October 2012
- 7 November 2006الفساد المالي في مشروع إعمار العراقaljazeera.net