《纽约时报》一份 2005 年的调查报道显示，费利浦在 1998 年至 2004 年间向当地军事人员和部队支付近 2 千万美元，单单一位官员就高达 150,000 美元。
A 2005 investigation in The New York Times reported that Freeport paid local military personnel and units nearly $20 million between 1998 and 2004, including up to $150,000 to a single officer.