Antti Tapani Korpela, the Chairman of E-BROS from Tampere, Finland, has been linked to an alleged multi-million dollar offshore money laundering scandal. It has recently come to light that Korpela appears to be the business partner of Dutch national, Hugo Sluimer, who has been accused of money laundering, tax evasion and fraudulently claiming to be a Monaco citizen in court documents.

Korpela and other members set up Blue Key Investments, LLC (Florida) and companies to invest in real estate in the Miami area. According to Sluimer, a "clean formula" was developed and implemented through a sophisticated web of offshore companies to siphon off US profits tax-free. One of the advisors that triple-checked the scheme, according to Sluimer, is the notorious Paul van Lienden's ICS, who has been named in some of the world's biggest money laundering, fraud, corruption, and tax evasion schemes as reported in the media.

These so-called "clean formulas" are only as strong as their weakest link. Allegedly, Sluimer was placed in the position as the offshore lender and would pump the money tax-free out of the US and distribute it back to his Finnish partners and himself. Sluimer was chosen because the other known Finnish members of Blue Key Investments, LLC all work together at E-BROS OY in Finland, and it would be way too obvious that there is a relation. However, documents show that Sluimer had an absolute financial interest in Blue Key Investments, LLC and companies. The "clean formula" as Sluimer called it, is allegedly a sham to launder money, evade taxes and mislead the authorities.

Korpela and/or his partners used advisors like CSI and Paul van Lienden, who have been named in other “clean formula” cases that ended up in convictions for fraud, money laundering and tax evasion, which is incomprehensible. The relationships with ICS was only recently exposed through offshore leaks and the Pandora papers. Paul van Lienden is Sluimer's company director for Swiss Boulevard Investment LTD (Panama). Mikko Pakkanen, the largest Finnish investor in Blue Key Investments, LLC, also uses ICS to manage his offshore company Restinver Investments Limited (BVI).

Korpela, Sluimer and partners' credibility has been brought into question. Why was Korpela doing business with Sluimer, who fraudulently claimed to be a Monaco citizen over and over again in US court filings during a period of four years? In 2018 Hugo Sluimer and Mikko Pakkanen were accused of tax evasion and money laundering but Korpela continued the relationship.

What Korpela's role was in the alleged tax evasion and money laundering scandal is not clear but only time will tell how this story will end. Korpela is a resident of Finland.
Some other Finnish nationals connected to the US allegations are: Antti Pakkanen CEO of E-BROS OY, Mikko Pakkenen E-BROS OY, Janne Keskinen manager of Blue Key Investments, LLC and Mirjami Johansson-keskinen manager Blue Key Investments, LLC

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