NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has despatched an extradition request to Italy for European middleman Carlo Valentino Gerosa, who used to be arrested by way of Italian authorities in October first week at the basis of an Interpol red nook understand.
Gerosa is crucial link in Rs 3,727 crore UPA-era VIP chopper rip-off as he used to be eager about the whole conspiracy to bribe Indian politicos, senior ministry of defence and IAF officers and private persons together with former air leader S P Tyagi and his family members to tilt the crucial contract of supply of 12 VIP choppers in favour of the Anglo-Italian company.
CBI sources say that Gerosa can provide essential clues about his speedy friends — Guido Haschke, UK-based middleman Christian Michel and your entire cash trail since he maintained 'the account of bribery'; arranged meetings between IAF officers and AgustaWestland place of work bearers and even turned into director in several shell firms used to course the bribe cash from Italy to India.
The agency is hoping that Italy will extradite him to India, in order that the probe could be taken to a logical conclusion.
Officials concern that if Gerosa who is a Swiss passport holder, goes again to Switzerland it could be tricky to bring him to India since the latter doesn't extradite its nationals. About Gerosa, Indian investigators say that he used to be eager about the whole conspiracy from day one.
In truth, in its chargesheet filed in September, the CBI has said that it used to be Gerosa who, together with Haschke, had initiated the first meeting to favour AgustaWestland for the IAF contract.
"In 2004, Sanjeev Tyagi alias Julie Tyagi had proposed himself together with his personal circle of relatives to Guido Haschke as a middleman for the call of bids in regards to the 'VIP helicopters' and requested Haschke if, that they had any touch with EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company), producers of Eurocopter helicopter, or M/s Finmeccanica/AgustaWestland.
Tyagi brothers additionally told Haschke that their cousin Air Chief Marshal (retd) S P Tyagi would transform CAS (leader of air body of workers) shortly", says the CBI chargesheet.
On this, the CBI says, "Gerosa and Haschke replied that they did not have such contact in EADS, but through Mr Zampini, CEO of M/s Ansaldo Energia (a Finmeccanica Group company), they had contact in AgustaWestland".
The CBI says that Gerosa had additionally ready a fee sheet, recovered by way of Italian investigators in April 2012, which indicated that Julie Tyagi used to be paid 240,000 as part fee.
Gerosa additionally co-owned an organization M/S Euromed Holding LLC, USA, together with Haschke, three Tyagi brothers - Julie, Sandeep and Rajeev Tyagi with a proportion of 20% each and every.
The CBI has indexed several bills won in several firms owned by way of those middleman over a time frame. The central agency has established cash trail of 62 million (around Rs 415 crore) out of suspected 67 million (Rs 452 crore) general bribe so far.
According to sources, irregularities in the award of contract to AgustaWestland in 2010 for supply of 12 VIP choppers ended in estimated lack of 398.21 million (around Rs 2,666 crore) to the Indian executive in the 556.262 million (Rs 3726.nine crore) contract.
Gerosa is crucial link in Rs 3,727 crore UPA-era VIP chopper rip-off as he used to be eager about the whole conspiracy to bribe Indian politicos, senior ministry of defence and IAF officers and private persons together with former air leader S P Tyagi and his family members to tilt the crucial contract of supply of 12 VIP choppers in favour of the Anglo-Italian company.
CBI sources say that Gerosa can provide essential clues about his speedy friends — Guido Haschke, UK-based middleman Christian Michel and your entire cash trail since he maintained 'the account of bribery'; arranged meetings between IAF officers and AgustaWestland place of work bearers and even turned into director in several shell firms used to course the bribe cash from Italy to India.
The agency is hoping that Italy will extradite him to India, in order that the probe could be taken to a logical conclusion.
Officials concern that if Gerosa who is a Swiss passport holder, goes again to Switzerland it could be tricky to bring him to India since the latter doesn't extradite its nationals. About Gerosa, Indian investigators say that he used to be eager about the whole conspiracy from day one.
In truth, in its chargesheet filed in September, the CBI has said that it used to be Gerosa who, together with Haschke, had initiated the first meeting to favour AgustaWestland for the IAF contract.
"In 2004, Sanjeev Tyagi alias Julie Tyagi had proposed himself together with his personal circle of relatives to Guido Haschke as a middleman for the call of bids in regards to the 'VIP helicopters' and requested Haschke if, that they had any touch with EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company), producers of Eurocopter helicopter, or M/s Finmeccanica/AgustaWestland.
Tyagi brothers additionally told Haschke that their cousin Air Chief Marshal (retd) S P Tyagi would transform CAS (leader of air body of workers) shortly", says the CBI chargesheet.
On this, the CBI says, "Gerosa and Haschke replied that they did not have such contact in EADS, but through Mr Zampini, CEO of M/s Ansaldo Energia (a Finmeccanica Group company), they had contact in AgustaWestland".
The CBI says that Gerosa had additionally ready a fee sheet, recovered by way of Italian investigators in April 2012, which indicated that Julie Tyagi used to be paid 240,000 as part fee.
Gerosa additionally co-owned an organization M/S Euromed Holding LLC, USA, together with Haschke, three Tyagi brothers - Julie, Sandeep and Rajeev Tyagi with a proportion of 20% each and every.
The CBI has indexed several bills won in several firms owned by way of those middleman over a time frame. The central agency has established cash trail of 62 million (around Rs 415 crore) out of suspected 67 million (Rs 452 crore) general bribe so far.
According to sources, irregularities in the award of contract to AgustaWestland in 2010 for supply of 12 VIP choppers ended in estimated lack of 398.21 million (around Rs 2,666 crore) to the Indian executive in the 556.262 million (Rs 3726.nine crore) contract.
CBI asks Italy to extradite Gerosa, middleman in UPA-era copter scam
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