Swiss Ask If Late Saudi King’s $100 Million Gift Broke Law

  • Prosecutor focused on legality of donation to Spanish monarch
  • Inquiries could impact Geneva’s role as hub for Saudi fortunes

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah in 2011.

Photographer: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images 

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A Swiss prosecutor is probing whether the late Saudi king broke any laws when he transferred $100 million to a fund controlled by fellow royal Juan Carlos I of Spain in 2008.