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Ex-trading partner of pro-Brexit activist Arron Banks told South African police that he was the intermediary of cash payments between the daughter of a minister of Lesotho and the British billionaire
. He paid money to a Lesotho government minister a few weeks before the landlocked country granted him a diamond mining license, although he denied that he was in danger. 39, was a bribe. He called the latest allegations absurd.
"I did not think of any of these payments until I was asked to pay more than 500,000 rand [£29,000]," Chris Kimber told the police, according to a statement. Transcript obtained by Channel 4 News
Although Banks described the mine as an "important discovery," the Lesotho mines commissioner, as well as miners, challenged the claims and said they did not want to see the mine. had seen no diamond in the mine, which is closing. Kimber said: "Arron Banks has decided that the diamonds would be purchased from third parties for export … Later, I learned that Arron Banks […] was involved in illegal purchases of diamonds in various African countries. 1965-19002] Kimber reportedly told the police that diamonds were not the only ambition Banks had in Lesotho.
He alleged that Banks had a "grand plan to gain a foothold in one way or another, not only control the"
Channel 4 News cites documents which, he claimed, suggested that Banks tried to do business in Russia while trying to raise money from Alrosa, the Russian state-owned diamond company.
Documents handed over to South African police accuse Banks and its partners of planning setting up a military training camp and a "mercenary support" – "where appropriate" – to help a friendly politician take power
with Alrosa, the producer of diamonds from the Russian state and he had made them certain promises.The most important was that Arron Banks had to prove to Alrosa the quality of the diamonds produced, "according to the statement submitted to the unit of 39, South African police investigation by Kimber in November 2017.
He ad "He had to meet other representatives in London in November, where he would have to show them the quality of the production. "
South African police in Pretoria investigated claims.
In a statement to Channel 4 News, Banks said that allegations against him were" ridiculous "and that he had" of concerns about the mental health and mental health of the editorial team responsible for the reports. "
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