Christian Michel James is one of the three alleged middlemen being probed in the caseThe CBI will soon approach UAE authorities seeking extradition of British national and alleged middleman Christian Michel James in connection with its probe in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP choppers deal. Michel is one of the three alleged middlemen being probed in the case, besides Guido Haschke and Carlo Gerosa, by CBI and Enforcement Directorate. ED has filed a charge sheet against him in June under money laundering charges and it had said Michel received Euro 30 million (about Rs 225 crore) from AgustaWestland. AgustaWestland became eligible to supply the dozen helicopters for VVIP flying duties after this change. CBI had also got issued Letters Rogatory (judicial requests) to multiple countries to gather more leads and evidences in this case.

Source: dna November 18, 2016 16:42 UTC