Bloom admitted he laundered more than $ 2 million in currency that Whiteford , Harrison , Wheeler , Hopfengardner , Stein and others stole from the CPA-SC that had been designated for the reconstruction of Iraq . Bloom then used his foreign bank accounts in Iraq , Romania and Switzerland to send some of the stolen money to Harrison , Stein , Hopfengardner and other Army officials in return for them awarding contracts to Bloom and his companies . Some of the stolen money was used to purchase things of value , such as weapons including a machine gun that was seized from Wheeler 's home .