KUWAIT CITY, Nov 25: An unidentified Member of Parliament from the First Constituency has been accused of money lau-ndering activities to support the Iranian nuclear program, rep-orts Al-Jaridah daily.

This came in a complaint filed with the Public Prosecution by an expatriate woman who said the MP with business interests in her company has connections with the money laundering operations to support the Iranian nuclear program which is a source of dispute on the international level.

Legal sources said the Public Prosecutor Darar Al-Asawasi has asked the State Security to investigate the relationship of this MP with the company and the alleged money laundering operations.

The source added the Public Prosecutor has also asked all local banks to disclose all personal accounts of the concerned MP and his relationship with the company from 2008 until last October — the day the complaint was filed.

The source added a special team from the Anti-Money Laundering and Financing Terrorism Department at the State Security has been formed to follow up this case which may place Kuwait under international sanctions as a result of this activity.

However, it has been reported a case has been filed by an Egyptian woman against the company and the MP accusing them of money laundering activities — a crime punishable by law - linking the activity to the Iranian nuclear program.

She added in the complaint there has been rampant financial forgeries.