Christian Michel is a British businessman and middleman. He was reportedly found guilty of corruption in the AgustaWestland deal. He was extradited to India from Dubai in December 2018.
Biography/Wiki
He was born in England in 1964 (age: 54, as of 2018). His father, Wolfgang Max Richard Michel, was also a mediator between the British Labor Party and former Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi.
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Profession
Initially, Christian Michel was the chairman and sole director of the British company Entera. He later started working at AgustaWestland and the former’s parent company, Finmeccanica.
dispute
- He was the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland helicopter deal. He was extradited to India from Dubai on December 4, 2018. Indian authorities are investigating allegations that Michel organized bribes to facilitate the Indian government’s purchase of VVIP helicopters worth Rs 3,600 crore for India’s top leaders.
- Michel is one of two other middlemen accused by India’s law enforcement agency, the Enforcement Directorate, of taking commissions worth €70 million from AgustaWestland to bribe Indian officials who assisted him in doing so.
Christian Michel was brought to India from Dubai in December 2018
- He has also been accused in a Milan court of illegally obtaining millions of dollars from other companies over several years.
Charges against Christian Michel
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- His father, Wolfgang Max Richard Michel, was also a consultant to AgustaWestland in the 1980s.
- While he was working at Entera, the company collapsed in 2004 with debts of more than £1.3 million and Michel was banned from doing business in the UK for seven years.
- Michel’s father, Wolfgang Max Richard Michel, helped Entera earn more than £2 million from India between 1987 and 1996.
- Michel is one of three intermediaries under investigation in the AgustaWestland case, along with Carlo Grossa and Guido Haschke.
- According to sources, Carlo Gerosa (71), an Italian and Swiss national, is also a key figure in the bribery scandal. The process of manipulating the VVIP helicopter contract specifications was allegedly conducted in the hall between him and the former Indian Air Force Chairman. It started after the brothers met. Shahindra Pal Tyagi.
- In 2017, Michel wrote to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, emphasizing that he was the victim of a “political conspiracy.”
- In November 2018, a UAE court finalized the order, clearing the way for Michel’s extradition to India.
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