gulfnews : Kuwait probe into alleged money-laundering scheme widens

A probe looking into an alleged money-laundering scheme in Kuwait worth hundreds of millions of dollars has traced links to Germany, Iran, Russia, and Britain, a Kuwaiti daily said.

According to Al Shahed, the money deposited in the accounts of two lawmakers, a former minister and a businessman was in installments of 15 million dinars ($54,267,200), 50 million dinars ($180,891,000) and 45 million dinars ($162,802,000) to reach 110 million dinars ($397,960,000).

However, according to Al Rai daily that first broke the news about an alleged $300 million money-laundering scheme, around $180 million were deposited in the accounts after the amount was taken on a private plane from Kuwait to Amsterdam.

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