Khadem al-Qubaisi has been under investigation in Abu Dhabi for months, according to govement insiders
(Keystone)
Swiss criminal authorities are probing a well-connected former top Abu Dhabi finance official over an alleged inteational conspiracy to embezzle money from Malaysia’s 1MDB wealth fund.
Investigators suspect Khadem al-Qubaisi, ex-head of the emirate govement’s Inteational Petroleum Investment Company, of fraud, money laundering and corruption, according to a letter seen by the Financial Times.
Mr Qubaisi has long been regarded as close to Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Manchester City football club’s owner and a brother of Sheikh Khalifa, Abu Dhabi’s ruler and United Arab Emirates president.
Details of the Swiss investigation, which also targets a subordinate of Mr Qubaisi and two former 1MDB officials, come just weeks after US authorities produced a da SWI swissinfo...
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