▁received ▁oil ▁sales ▁contract s ▁via ▁the ▁UN ' s ▁O il - for - F ood ▁Program me . ▁The ▁list ▁came ▁from ▁over ▁ 1 5 , 0 0 0 ▁documents ▁which ▁were ▁reported ly ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁state - owned ▁Ira qi ▁oil ▁corpor ation , ▁the ▁Ira q ▁National ▁O il ▁Company , ▁which ▁had ▁close ▁links ▁to ▁the ▁Ira qi ▁O il ▁Ministry . ▁ ▁N amed ▁in ▁the ▁list ▁of ▁benef ici aries ▁were ▁George ▁Gall ow ay , ▁then ▁a ▁British ▁member ▁of ▁parliament , ▁and ▁his ▁char ity , ▁the ▁Mar iam ▁App e al ; ▁former ▁French ▁Inter ior ▁Minister ▁Charles ▁Pas qua ; ▁Sh aker ▁al - K aff aj i , ▁an ▁Ira qi - American ▁business man ; ▁Indian ▁Foreign ▁Minister ▁Nat war ▁Singh , ▁and ▁B he em ▁Singh . ▁Many ▁prominent ▁Russian ▁fir ms ▁and ▁individuals ▁were ▁also ▁included ▁on ▁the ▁al ▁M ada ▁list . ▁Even ▁the ▁Russian ▁Orth odox ▁Church ▁was ▁supposed ly ▁involved ▁in ▁illegal ▁oil ▁trad ing . ▁The ▁former ▁assistant ▁to ▁the ▁V at ican ▁secretary ▁of ▁state , ▁Re ver end ▁Jean - Marie ▁Benjamin , ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁received ▁the ▁rights ▁to ▁sell ▁. ▁George ▁Gall ow ay ▁subsequently ▁won ▁two ▁lib el ▁actions ▁against ▁the ▁Christian ▁Science ▁Mon itor ▁and ▁Daily ▁Te legraph , ▁which ▁had ▁ ▁reported ▁the ▁alleg ations . ▁ ▁The ▁president ▁of ▁O ile x co ▁Ltd , ▁Arthur ▁Mill hol land , ▁whose ▁name ▁also