VVIP chopper scam: Ratul Puri received kickbacks from Carlo Gerosa, say sleuths
NEW DELHI: In what may spell further trouble for Ratul Puri, investigative agencies are probing the alleged receipt of “proceeds of crime” by Puri arising from the VVIP chopper scandal from another key European middleman.
Probe agencies have found alleged transfer of “proceeds of crime” from Carlo Gerosa — one of the three middlemen besides Guido Haschke and Christian Michel James — to Puri’s companies, sources in the know told ET. This may further compound trouble for Puri because probe agencies have also found that Christian Michel James paid nearly one million dollar for “purchases” made by Puri in Dubai.
The said payment(s) were allegedly made by Michel through his Dubai-based company Global Services FZE, sources cited above told ET. Puri is the nephew of Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath. The Enforcement Directorate (ED), last month, had verbally told a local court that Puri had received funds from “both the chains of money laundering”. ET has found out that the “other chain” involves Carlo Valentino Ferdinando Gerosa (72), an Italian and Swiss national.
