Former legal director of Yara, Kendrick Wallace, said in his statement Monday that both Yara and the Libyan minister’s son Mohamed Ghanem was opptatt av å keep the disputed konsulentavtalen and payment in Libya hidden.
– We would unngå a mediesirkus av the type Statoil had opplevd at this time. It was quite clear that it was a antakelse amongst a number of people deriblant Økokrim and in the press that a utbetaling to a slektning av one in the cabinet automatically was a bribe, he said in his statement.
– From Ghanems standpoint wished he konfidensialitet on his father’s position, the father’s relationship with Gadhafi and conditions faced was in Libya at the time. I believe this was not noen unreasonable request from Ghanem, he continued.
– Lyktes evidently not
– But I have to si that we completely evidently not lyktes in hunt for konfidensialitet, bemerket he so dry.
Wallace, along with four former Yara-topper accused of gross of corruption by å ha paid bribes to the son of Libyas previous oljeminister. The agreement with the minister’s son diaper inngått associated with Yara was in negotiation looks like a gjødselsamarbeid with Libyas national point oljeselskap NOC that danger was steering head. Three out of the four are also charged with a liknende conditions in India. (See fact box)
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Hidden payment for å prevent Snakk
The payment of $ 1.5m diaper hidden by beløpet diaper forskuttert to Ghanem av Yara sveitsiske business relationship, as Secondly it won the tilbakebetalt from Yara gjennom overbilling. According to Økokrim was the Wallaces medtiltate Daniel Clauw as, proposed that payment would utføres on this Maaten.
– For å pans come konfidensialiteten Ghanem would ha and Yara also liked the ease I banquets One possible make payment to prevent it from diaper public and it was not sannsynlig to the diaper myeloma talked about in the organization is to Yara, said Wallace.
He said he diskuterte with Clauw how to utføre a candy payment.
– I do not remember if I diskuterte purpose of the payment, or whoever was mottaker, but I remember Clauw said that noen who had a personal relationship with Yara could forskuttere payment. I do not vet once I knew what selskap he talked about, but it’s possible I knew it, he said.
Changed explanation
Wallace stressed in innledningen to explain her to share av the skilller seg from the explanation he ga banquets å ha turn itself pågrepet in a politiaksjon ordinated operation between Økokrim, FBI and French police in Paris in May 2012. He said he explained to seg about matters which had foregått several years earlier and that he not had Dokumentasjon stream support seg to.
During avhørene must Wallace have said that both Clauw and Holba kjente to the Protocol and is the payment to Ghanem. In his statement to the court Monday he was hard CAUTION with y nevne name, and said several times that he did not remember anyone ba him å contact the disputed client, and who they knew what.
– Have aldri paid bribes
Wallace explains seg with a calm voice from vitneboksen – constantly heavy roasting on one leg.
– Brunettes all this time, we come finally to poenget, he said to Aftenposten in a pause to a question about how it was å get started with their own explanation.
He stressed in explaining her to avtaleforhandlingene both in Libya and in India banquets his vision was completely ordinary business negotiations, which were not affected av forsøk on stream practicing innflytelse or bribe noen from Yara’s side.
– Innledningsvis I have a few comments where I want to be absolutely clear. I, or Yara, has aldri paid bribes to Mohamed Ghanem in Libya, or Dr. Maini in India, said Wallace.
Unnskyldte språkbruk in opptak
He also used the occasion to stream unnskylde språkbruken her in a lydopptak Økokrim has announced that they will play av to court. Opptaket diaper made from the telephone Wallace foretok banquets that he was pågrepet turn itself into a Aksjon ordinated av Økokrim, FBI and French police and satt 48 hours in varetekt in Paris in spring 2012.
– I was not veldig fornøyd with conditions faced then. I had never add host arrestert before, and was veldig opprørt, he said. The conversation on lydopptaket was mellom Wallace and co-defendants Daniel Clauw.
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