UK investigators tracking the controversial $40m BAE Radar deal have established that former Minister for Infrastructure Andrew John Chenge received $1.5m (2.1bn/-) in kickbacks from the deal through a slush fund he set up in the UK island of Jersey. According to a draft report written by the UK`s Serious Fraud Office and seen by The Guardian on Sunday, Chenge received payments through six credit transfers between June 19, 1997, and April 17, 1998, while he was serving as Attorney General. The billions were paid to account No.59662999 owned by Franton Investment Limited through Bank Code No 204505 of Barclays Bank Plc, according to the draft report, a final version of which has reportedly already been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions. The SFO has established that Chenge owns Franton Investment, a registered company that appears to have been established primarily to enable the transfer of the dirty money.
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