It is perhaps proof of the strength of sentiment still aroused by the legal dispute between Maan Al Sanea and the defaulted Al Gosaibi family group in Saudi Arabia. Euromoney has received a series of emails regarding the case, in which the Al Gosaibi group has accused Al Sanea, the main figure behind the Saad group (which has also defaulted), of a fraud amounting to some $10 billion.
Euromoney suspects that the emails might have been sent to other members of the media and financial community too.
The addresses vary slightly: mideast.fraud.watch@gmail.com, middle.east.fraud.watch@gmail.com and fraud.watch.mideast@gmail.com.
The addresses and their content are clearly devised to suggest that the Al Gosaibis’ allegations might not be unfounded: something with which Al Sanea’s lawyers would disagree.
One recent email even contains a design for a board game called "Maanopoly". Another sends a report purportedly from a local Gulf news source suggesting a link between Al Sanea and an unnamed former Soviet republic with links to Iran.
However, all it suggests is that the senders of the emails might hold a slight degree of malice towards Al Sanea.
