Benjamin R. Pollner

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Benjamin R. Pollner is a British-born oil executive affiliated with Geneva-based Taurus Petroleum and the Christchurch-based Taurus Group.

Pollner has been identified a member of an elite circle of energy traders associated with Marc Rich, and has been linked to the United Nations oil-for-food programme in Iraq. Investigators allege that Mr. Pollner's Taurus Group funneled more than $18.9 million in kickbacks to the regime of Saddam Hussein, in the form of surcharges on oil purchases. Taurus has denied paying the surcharges.

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