Riggs latest: Pinochet quizzed on bank accounts (BBC News)

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BBC News snip:

A Chilean judge has questioned former dictator Augusto Pinochet about secret bank accounts which came to light this summer in a US Senate report. Gen Pinochet, 88, was questioned at his home about 10 days ago after agreeing to testify, a member of his legal team told reporters.

Gen Pinochet and his family deny theft of public funds while in office. It was his first interview with a judge since being ruled unfit to stand trial over human rights violations in 2001. .........

A US Senate investigation into the Washington DC-based Riggs Bank reported in July that Gen Pinochet and his wife had held up to $8m in the bank between 1994 and 2002, cashing in several cheques in Chile drawn on the accounts. The Chilean courts assigned a special judge, Sergio Munoz, to investigate possible financial crimes.

Judge Munoz has already questioned Gen Pinochet's wife and five children and has obtained records from Chile's tax service, stock brokerages, Congress and the military.
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