Ex-minister, MP, Indian probed in $4m money-laundering scam: "Public Prosecution has summoned an unidentified former parliamentarian and minister for interrogation for alleged involvement in $4 million money-laundering scam, reports Al-Seyassah daily.
According to security sources this came to light when the suspect former minister failed to pay a Kuwaiti man his commission and the latter filed a complaint with the police.
The Al-Rai daily added an Indian was arrested upon arrival at the Kuwait International Airport for failing to keep his promise to a Kuwaiti man from whom he had allegedly received a cheque of $1 million in return for help in winning a US Army contract in Iraq.
Interrogations with the Indian revealed he had paid $4.29 million to the former minister and the former MP - the money to be invested in projects in Europe and Iraq.
However, the daily did not give details of the deal."
According to security sources this came to light when the suspect former minister failed to pay a Kuwaiti man his commission and the latter filed a complaint with the police.
The Al-Rai daily added an Indian was arrested upon arrival at the Kuwait International Airport for failing to keep his promise to a Kuwaiti man from whom he had allegedly received a cheque of $1 million in return for help in winning a US Army contract in Iraq.
Interrogations with the Indian revealed he had paid $4.29 million to the former minister and the former MP - the money to be invested in projects in Europe and Iraq.
However, the daily did not give details of the deal."
