[2] The illicit bank account had been set up following Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam's request for funds in 1981 to assist Advance which was the ailing propaganda newspaper of the Labour Party.
The existence of the illicit Swiss bank account had been earlier revealed by whistle blower employees Vijay Poonoosamy, Mike Seetaramadoo et C. Bastien who were then sacked by the management.
[7] In December 2007 the prosecution against Sir Harry Tirvengadum was suspended under Navin Ramgoolam's PTr-PMXD-VF-MR-MMSM coalition government as magistrates deemed that his poor health would not give him a fair trial.
Although ex-CEO Soobhiraj Bungsraz only headed Air Mauritius for 2 months he managed to convince the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to re-open the case against Tirvengadum.
[9][10] Gérard Tyack spent 2 years in jail, Robert Rivalland of Rogers Limited was acquitted in 2015,[11] where as the prosecution against Sir Harry Tirvengadum was placed on hold as he complained of ill health.