FBI officers arrested a man as the representative of the the Israeli billionaire BENY Steinmetz "business work in Guinea, as a probe of alleged corruption in the mineral-rich West African States.
BSG resources, mining enterprise arm Steinmetz Group, African countries are competing for the mining rights for the the Simandou project one, is known as the world's largest undeveloped iron ore deposits. Guinea government has repeatedly denied the allegations, the country's former rulers bribery huge concessions.
Frederick Cilins 50-year-old French national, the Government of Guinea named "agent" BSG Resources, the FBI arrested Sunday in Florida. He was charged with obstructing a criminal investigation, witness tampering and destruction of records, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday.
January U.S. authorities investigating potential illegal payments to obtain a mining concession in Guinea, the transfer of these funds to the United States. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act allows U.S. officials to pursue foreign bribery cases.
"The President Cilins charged with a plot to destroy the files, induce a witness to give false testimony of a grand jury investigating a potential violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Acting Assistant Attorney Long said," Mythili Raman. The congestion cost maximum penalty is five years in prison, the Justice Department said, tampering and document destruction costs up to 20 years.
After the news of the arrest, regardless Cilins is not an attorney to comment on the matter. A BSG Resources spokesman said the group had no immediate comment.
"We all know that the U.S. authorities have arrested under corruption of an associates BENY Steinmetz survey, said:" The Government of Guinea, Damantang Albert Kamara spokesman. "We will, however, waiting for events, clearer vision, and will give a more detailed statement at the appropriate time."
The arrest coincided with Guinea and BSG already difficult relations, and cooperation in the development of some problems with the Brazilian mining group Vale Simandou deposit.
Vale declined to comment on the Cilins case.
The BSG and Guinea government has been at loggerheads months. The Government committee wrote in October, detailing the allegations of BSG Vale, BSG offers a bribe, to ensure that the mining rights in Guinea.
BSG has denied the allegations, calling them "crude smear campaign". The company received the review process is designed for the to allow Guinea breach of obligations.
The court documents filed by the U.S. authorities did not name the BSG, but he said speaking on condition of anonymity, mining entity "has been 1 and 2 of the Simandou mine in 2008, was hired as Cilins. Cilins, but, as a BSG representatives in Guinea, the Guinean Government named after the name of the letter in October.
In the allegation letter reply of the Government of Guinea in 2012, BSG, Cilins help companies set up offices in Guinea in 2006. It said he attended the meeting, he was set up, and Mining Minister. BSG, Cilins left to Guinea in 2006, and stopped working for the firm.
Steinmetz "BSG in 2008 was named the Simandou northern half - 1 and 2 - the Government's long-ruling leader Lansana Conte Conte's death shortly after the award of the concession.
BSG is not required to pay any cash front, and allowed to pass through the export of Liberian shorter route. The return, Steinmetz agreed to set up a A $ 1 billion dollars the railway from Conakry, the capital of the West Coast, East Nankailue.
BSG $ 2.5 billion in transactions in 2010, bought a 51% stake in CVRD. However, only $ 500 million has been paid in the project development objectives are not being met, Vale said.
Documents and payment
According to court documents seen by Reuters on Monday, Cilins paid to the ex-wife of a former senior official proposal on mining concessions Guinea.
March of this year, according to court documents, Cilins called the woman to request any original files later, and asked that the file was "destroyed". He also asked to sign a document saying she never entered any contract to his company or accept any money Cilins woman.
U.S. court documents, the wife or the person in charge of these files are not named, the wife claimed Cilins willing to pay her and other ministers in the government $ 12 million in foreign exchange for receiving Simandou concessions.
20 criminal charges, four, the woman in Cilins entered into between 2007 and 2010 contracts. Mining concessions granted her a 5% market share for the first time. Finally, a commitment to a payment of $ 5,000,000.
It is unclear how much money a woman, but court documents pointed out that some of the funds promised to be paid to her bank account in Florida.
The end of last month, Cilins met her at the Jacksonville airport, and promised her $ 300,000 down payment swap file destruction. He later promised to pay her $ 1 million swap file.
Cilins also said that, if the company can retain its Simandou Holdings, she will receive $ 500 million dollars.
Cilins was arrested last Sunday woman in Jacksonville. $ 20,000 in cash, he was in, authorities said.
 



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