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Fund was maintained as a Gibraltar-registered entity named Tri-Star Investments, which was controlled by UK solicitor [[Jeffrey Tesler]], who was also a financial manager for members of the Nigerian [[Sani Abacha]] regime.
In 1994 TSKJ set up a Madeira-based shell corporation, [[LNG ServicesServicos]][http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=9869]. Funds were transfered to LNG Services Servicos by TSKJ for "support contracts". Then equal amounts were moved to Tri-Star, which disbursed the funds to secret bank accountsin locations such as Monaco and Switzerland. The transfers from LNG Servicos to Tri-Star appear to have taken place on a schedule which tracked the stages of contract awards by Nigeria LNG to TSKJ[http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/business/b425052004.html]. In 2004, Swiss officials froze accounts worth about $100M, purportedly related to the TSKJ activities, one at the request of which, French investigators[http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/cover/f406122004.html][http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/archivedStory.asp?archive=true&dist=ArchiveSplash&siteid=mktw&guid=%7BB3809498%2DBF8B%2D48C9%2DA7FF%2D102C82643E36%7D&]. One of the payouts by Tri-Star was to a numbered Swiss account, was controlled by KBR chairman , and Cheney friend, [[Albert 'Jack' Stanley]], who was subsequently fired by KBR.
The slush fund is currently being investigated by the US [[Department of Justice]] and [[Securities and Exchange Commission]], the UK [[Serious Fraud Office]], the French ''juge d'instruction'' [[Renaud Van Ruymbeke]], and a committee of the Nigerian parliament. Several principals, such as Tesler and [[Technip SA|Technip]] executive [[George Krammer]], appear to be cooperating with the authorities.
