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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
. of money to a Lesotho government minister a few weeks before the landlocked country granted him a diamond mining license, although he denied that he "s business as usual. was acting a bribe. He called the latest allegations "ridiculous".
"I was not thinking of anything about these payments until I was asked to pay more than 500,000 rand [£29,000]," Chris Kimber told police, according to a Channel 4 News transcript.
Although Banks described the mine as an "important discovery," the Lesotho mining commissioner and miners dumped cold water on the claims and said they had not saw no diamond in the mine. In other statements made to the police, Kimber said: "Arron Banks has decided that the diamonds would be acquired from third parties for export … I had to find out later that Arron Banks .. was involved in the illicit purchase of diamonds in various
Kimber also reportedly told 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 contr
Channel 4 News also cited documents that she said suggested that Banks had tried to do business in Russia in attempting to raise funds from Alrosa, the Russian state diamond company.
Documents handed over to South African police also blame Banks and its partners for planning to implement place of a military and military training camp. a "mercenary support" – "where appropriate" – to help a friendly politician take power. Arron Banks was in discussion with Alrosa, the Russian diamond producer, and he had made some promises to them. 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 South African police investigation unit by Kimber in November 2017. [19659002Hesaid:"HewasscheduledtomeetotherrepresentativesinLondoninNovemberwherehewouldhavetoshowthemthequalityoftheproduction"
South African police in Pretoria investigated claims.
In a statement to Channel 4 News on Thursday, Banks said all allegations against him were" ridiculous "and that he had "Real concerns about the mental health and mental health of the editorial team responsible for reporting."
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