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| Ex-US envoy probed for money laundering |
| 2014-09-09 |
| [ARABNEWS] Austrian officials say former top US diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad is being investigated by US authorities for suspected money laundering through his wife's bank account. State prosecutor Thomas Vecsey on Monday confirmed a report by the Austrian weekly Profil but declined to give details. The magazine says the suspicions center on the alleged transfer of 1.15 million euros (about $1.5 million) in May 2013 to an account in Vienna owned by Cheryl Benard. It says the money came from Mideast business activities, adding documents on the case were found in a garbage container used by the state prosecutor's office in Vienna. Khalilzad was ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq and the UN under President George W. Bush. Benard's lawyer, Holger Bielesz, says that US authorities have yet to express "reasonable grounds for suspicions." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 envoy probed Some like it. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-09-09 12:55 |
| #1 Khalīlzād is a counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). There was a story about foreign money finding its way into think tanks, one mentioned was CSIS. Khalilzad was preceded by John Bolton and succeeded by Susan Rice in the fed position of ambassador. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-09-09 08:24 |