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This is an archive article published on September 6, 2010
Pacheco denies role in money laundering,ready to face probe
Goas former tourism minister Fransisco Mickey Pacheco on Sunday steered clear of the controversy which embroils him in a major international money laundering and fake travel document racket.
Written by Press Trust Of India
Panaji | September 6, 2010 04:16 AM IST
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Goas former tourism minister Fransisco Mickey Pacheco on Sunday steered clear of the controversy which embroils him in a major international money laundering and fake travel document racket.
I am shocked to read what has appeared in the newspaper. My overseas employment agency has ceased to exist since last four years,since I separated from my wife, Pacheco told PTI at his residence in Betalbhatim,south Goa.
Pacheco said he was ready to face any inquiry and his bank accounts were transparent,which could be probed by any agency.
The NCP legislator was caught in the controversy after The Sunday Express reported that US Bureau of Diplomatic Security had said the former minister might be involved in massive immigration and money laundering racket.
The news report mentioned that the bureau had got in touch with the Ministry of External Affairs in India with relevant documents and the case was being referred to the CBI.
The former minister said all the recruitments done when he ran the agency along with his estranged wife Sara,were all valid and with proper documents. I have not sent anyone abroad with forged or fake documents. I am ready to face any kind of investigation, Pacheco said.
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