Though he couldn’t succeed with most of his projects, he did earn a number of contacts from various government departments. It was during this period, in 2010, that Airbus came to his team for assistance for the sale of their C-295 aircraft to Ghana. A number of Airbus employees made or promised success-based commission payments of approximately £5 million to the intermediary. False documentation was created by or with the agreement of Airbus employees in order to support and disguise these payments. The payments were intended to induce or reward improper favour by the Government Official 1 towards Airbus,” parts of the prosecution case relating to Ghana read.
