dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə "kˈæʃfɔːɹkwˈɛstʃənz ɐfˈɛɹ" ɪt wʌz ɹᵻvˈiːld ðæt hiː hæd tˈeɪkən ˌʌndᵻklˈɛɹd pˈeɪmənts ʌv bᵻtwˌiːn pˈaʊnd ˈeɪtiːn,zˈiəɹoʊzˈiəɹoʊ zˈiəɹoʊ ænd pˈaʊnd twˈɛnti fˈaɪv,zˈiəɹoʊzˈiəɹoʊ zˈiəɹoʊ fɹʌm moʊhˈæmɪd ˈælfˈeɪd, ðɪ ˈoʊnɚɹ ʌv hˈæɹɑːdz, mˈʌtʃ ʌv ɪɾ ɐlˈɛdʒᵻdli hˈændᵻd ˌoʊvɚɹ ɪn ˈɑːnvəlˌoʊps stˈʌft wɪð pˈaʊnd fˈɪfti nˈoʊts.
During the "cash-for-questions affair" it was revealed that he had taken undeclared payments of between £18,000 and £25,000 from Mohamed Al-Fayed, the owner of Harrods, much of it allegedly handed over in envelopes stuffed with £50 notes.