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Did HP Defraud the Canadian Government?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the follow-the-money dept.

lightsaber1 writes "In this age of financial scandal in the Canadian Government it's hardly surprising to see that Hewlett-Packard is now being accused of charging the Canadian Department of National Defence for more than $160 million in software, hardware, and labour that was not delivered. The DND is confident it will get the money back, but HP is denying all responsibility, pinning the blame on an error within the DND itself. In all of this it is clear that the Government can lose track of a lot of money easily and even large companies are not above a little fraud now and then."

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  1. Everyone and No one is at fault by pholower · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    In this day of age, everybody is trying to pull something over somebody else. It is clear in this story that neither company nor government is going to accept the blame in this. A Scapegoat is always a profitable option.

    Sadly, scapegoats are usually the one that are the victims in the first place.

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    -- johntracy.com, because everybody else is wrong.
  2. Phony! by Mudillo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Come on, people, this is a hoax. Canadian Deparment of DEFENSE? Not to mention that semiconductors don't even exist as matter at the temperatures commonly found in Canada.