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#Oligarch linked to bribery paid #PrinceAndrew £15m for mansion
James Oliver, Will Dahlgreen and
Andy Verity,"#AndrewMountbattenWindsor received millions of pounds from an oligarch using funds from a firm implicated in criminal corruption, a BBC investigation has found.
"#Kazakh #billionaire #TimurKulibayev has told the BBC through his lawyers that he used a loan from a company called #EnviroPacific Investments to help him buy Andrew's former mansion.
"Prosecutors in Italy concluded that the firm had received cash from a bribery scheme in 2007.
"Weeks after the last of these payments was made, the oligarch bought #SunninghillPark in Berkshire from the then prince for £15m - with the help of funds from Enviro Pacific.
"Kulibayev is the son-in-law of Kazakhstan's then-president and was one of the most influential officials in the central Asian country's #OilAndGas industry. The BBC has also learned that, in another case, an Italian businessman pleaded guilty to bribing the oligarch."
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8d09qd6zn2oArchived version:
https://archive.ph/A9WM9#UKPol #WorldPol #NoKings #NoRoyalty #NoOligarchs #BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #Oiligarchy #PrinceAndrewIsScum #JeffreyEpstein