Blackwater

Feds: Blackwater Gifted Weapons To King Of Jordan --- Then Lied To Govt. About It

Zachary Roth | April 19, 2010, 2:15PM

King Abdullah II of Jordan and Blackwater troops on the company's compound in Moyock, N.C.

In an effort to win business from the Jordanian government, Blackwater execs gifted Glocks, an M4 rifle, and a shotgun, among other weapons, to the King of Jordan, according to prosecutors. But, say the Feds, the execs then realized they couldn't account for the weapons -- so they falsely told the government that they had bought them as individuals.

In an indictment filed Friday against Blackwater's former president, Gary Jackson, and four other former Blackwater staffers, prosecutors write that in 2005, the company -- now known as Xe Services -- was seeking to gain favor with the government of Jordan, in order to boost its chances of doing business there.

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