KUWAIT CITY, Oct 10: Reports of a new money laundering scandal, capable of overshadowing the current multimillion dinar deposit issue are emerging, sources told Al-Rai daily, adding “two lawmakers, a former minister and a company chairman, are suspected to be involved in the scam.”

Sources said the new scandal will rock the country more severely than the multimillion dinar scandal. They disclosed that a sum of KD 13 million was found in the accounts of one of the lawmakers who is already mentioned in the multimillion dinar deposit case and that some of the amount came from a suspicious source. One of the two lawmakers was a civil servant before joining politics and “there could be no explanation for this sort of huge amount.”

The account of the other lawmaker is said to be under investigation after a sum of KD 10 million suddenly landed in it. Unlike the previous scandal, where the sources of cash deposits aren’t known, there are indications that the latest one is clearly a money laundering activity. Sources said the issue is being handled professionally and efforts are being made to prevent political dimensions from overshadowing investigations. However, this might be difficult considering the fact that the case is revealing the fishy parleys among some lawmakers, businessmen and some influential figures, noted sources.