CBI gives detailed money trail
(WorldNews India)

NEW DELHI: Almost four and a half years after the UPA-era VIP chopper scam was unearthed, the CBI has given a detailed `money trail` of bribes paid by AgustaWestland to Indian officials through two accused middleman - Delhi-based lawyer Gautam Khaitan and UK national Christian James Michel. The agency`s chargesheet, filed on September 1, says Khaitan (owner of O P Khaitan & Company), in conspiracy with Guido Haschke, Carlo Gerosa (both alleged middlemen), Giuseppe Orsi (former chief of Finmeccanica, of which AW was a subsidiary), Praveen Bakshi and others played a vital role in creating shell companies to transfer funds, under the guise of different service agreements, for payment as...