Christian Michel received 37 million euros from AgustaWestland

British national Christian Michel James received Euro 374 million from AgustaWestland and he paid Euro 09 million to Dubaibased chartered accountant Rajiv Saxenas four companies the CBI claimed in its supplemntary chargesheet in the Rs 3600crore VVIP chopper deal caseAccording to 12421page chargesheet filed by the CBI against several people which has been viewed by IANS Michel who was deported to India on December 5 2018 and is currently lodged in Delhis highsecurity Tihar jail received Euro 37 million from AgustaWestland through his company Global Services FZE Dubai in the guise of consultancy services charges during the period February 2007 to December 2011The CBI claimed that an excel sheet prepared by Giorgio Casana an internal auditor of the Finmeccanica the parent company of AgustaWestland lists the payments made by Global Services FZE during the period 200912The CBI claimed that as per the excel sheet received from Italy through rogatory channels an amount of Euro 094 million was paid to Saxenas four companies Saxena was deported to India from Dubai on January 31 last yearThe CBI said that the amount was transferred to Saxenas companies namely Pacific Inbternational FZC Midas Metals International LLC Metolix Ltd and Eurotrade LtdAccording to CBI the Pacific International FZC received Euro 51370584 Midas Metals International LLC received Euro 1747575 Metolix Ltd received Euro 1017477 and Eurotrade Ltd received Euro 158651The CBI also claimed that during the investigation it was revealed that as per the excel sheet prepared by Casana the payments were made to these companies of Saxena in the guise of providing consultancy services on the French activity or Mirage supportHowever during investigation it came to light that no such consultancy services were provided by these companies of Saxena and the said work was used as a veil to make the payments the CBI allegedIANS tried to contact Saxenas lawyer Rajat Manchanda However by the time of filing this report no response had been receivedThe CBI in its charge sheet also alleged that Saxena deliberately and intentionally acquired the share holdings and became the director of Interstellar Technologies LtdThe CBI further claimed that Saxena conspired with Gautam Khaitan Carlo Gerosa Guido Haschke Michel and others and in furtherance of the same and he facilitated in routing kickbacks paid by AgustaWestland through IDS Tunisia and Interstellar Technologies LtdSaxena in collusion with Khaitan received Euro 124 million in the bank account of Interstellar Technologies Ltd from AgustaWestland which was further routed in collusion with Deepak Goyal personal assistant of Khaitan and other accused persons for paying the middlemen and suspected public servants involved in the case the CBI claimedOn January 1 2014 India cancelled the contract with Finmeccanicas British subsidiary AgustaWestland for supplying 12 AW101 VVIP choppers to the IAF over alleged breach of contractual obligations and on charges of paying kickbacks amounting to Rs 423 croreThe CBI had earlier filed a charge sheet in this case on September 1 2017 against then IAF chief Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi and 11 other accusedIn its first charge sheet the CBI had established money trail of 62 million euros around Rs 415 crore out of suspected 67 million euros Rs 452 crore total bribe paid to Indians through middlemenKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever