Foreign Office official floated idea of giving honour to fixer for Saudi royals
by Rob Evans and David Pegg from World news | The Guardian on (#6K9GJ)
Salah Fustok alleged by UK prosecutors to have been a middleman for nearly 10m in payments to Saudi prince
A Foreign Office official floated the idea of giving an honour to a businessman who was later alleged to have helped facilitate millions of pounds of bribes to a Saudi prince and his high-ranking associates.
Salah Fustok was alleged by UK anti-corruption prosecutors to have been a middleman for nearly 10m of payments to Prince Miteb bin Abdullah and other Saudi officials as an inducement or reward" for the awarding of a contract by the Saudi Arabian national guard.
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