While the court document does not have any details about investigators having evidence that money was also paid to Indian officials, it says the prosecutors tapped phone conversations of Haschke with the India head of the Finmeccanica, Girasole Paolo, as well as some unnamed ‘Indian individuals'.
“Thanks to phone taps between Haschke and his partner Gerosa Carlo and other Italian and Indian individuals including Director Finmeccanica India Girasole Paolo, elements were found that the money was routed to Tunisia and Mauritius,” the document says.
Haschke and Carlo are partners and jointly run the Chandigarh-based services company Aeromatrix that specialises in aerospace among other sectors.
Haschke was on the board of Emaar MGF in the past and is known for his connections in the Indian military sector.
The court order dwells on the Indian VVIP helicopter deal probe as part of the evidence against Pozzessere, who was in charge of foreign sales.
“With reference to the supply of 12 Agusta Westland VVIP helicopters to the Indian government, accusations have emerged from the interrogation of Borgogni Lorenzo (a former employee) that Guido Ralph Haschke obtained 41 million euros for mediation, which is forbidden by Indian law,” the order says.
It goes on to say that the allegation being probed is that the 41 million euros fees was increased to 51 million euros allegedly to create ‘black funds' and route it to Italian political parties, “especially to Lega Nord”.
