The Chodan papers, according to Chudi Offodile, chairman of the House Committee on Public Petitions 2003-2007, "may not be evidence of the guilt of those mentioned in the notes but it provides the clearest evidence of the complicity of the consortium partners in establishing the slush fund."
Jeffery Tesler and Wojciech Chodan were the main organisers of the bribery scheme.
They discussed how to structure bribe payments to top-level Nigerian government officials, including which officials would be included in the arrangement.
All payments were referred to by TSKJ as payments for "Marketing and Advisory Services".
November 2, 1994.
The "first top-level Executive branch official" of Nigeria, [SaniAbacha Administration]
Mr.Tesler and Mr.Chodan agreed to pay $40 -45 million to Mr. Abacha.
This money was to be paid if TSKJ was awarded the contract to construct Trains 1 & 2 of the LNG project.
November 2, 1994.
Nigerian government officials
Mr.Tesler and Mr.Chodan agreed to pay $15-20 million to other Nigerian government officials only if Trains 1 & 2 contracts were awarded to TSKJ.
December 27, 1995.
Tri-Star Investments Ltd
Tri-Star was paid $1.5million as payment for the successful negotiation on the bid to build Trains 1 & 2.
April 9, 1996.
Lower level government officials & NLNG officials
TSKJ through its agents entered into an agreement with Marubeni Inc to pay Marubeni $29 million which would in turn pay lower level government officials and NLNG officials for assisting TSKJ in winning the contract to build Trains 1&2.
July 26, 1996.
Dan Etete
$482,795 was paid into a swiss bank account controlled by Dan Etete by Mr.Tesler over a period of seven months.
October 9, 1996.
Mr. Matsuda
$404,000 was paid by Mr.Tesler to Mr. Matsuda of Marubeni for helping Mr.Tesler, by "providing intelligence and information" in the Oil & Gas sector of Nigeria.
February 25, 1997.
M.D Yusuf
Mr.Tesler paid of $75,000 to M.D. Yusuf. The remaining balance would be paid on August 11, 1998.
February 10, 1998.
Dan Etete
$500,000 was paid into a swiss bank account controlled by Dan Etete by Mr.Tesler.
September 18, 1998
Top level government official [Abdulsalam Abubakar Administration]
Mr.Tesler informed Mr.Chodan that an undisclosed sum of money had been earmarked to pay the new Head of State, Abdulsalam Abubakar.
March 18, 1999
Top Nigerian Government officials:
An agreement was enteredinto by Mr.Tesler and his bosses to set aside $32.2 Million to be used as bribes in the event that the bid by TSKJ for the Train 3 contract was successful.
March 13, 2000
Lower Level government officials:
An agreement was entered into by Mr.Tesler and his bosses to pay $4 million to lower level government officials and NLNG officials, should the bid for the contract for Train 3 construction be successful.
December 24, 2001
Top Level government officials [ Olusegun Obasanjo Administration]
TSKJ made an agreement with Mr.Tesler to pay $51 million in bribes if TSKJ was awarded the contract for the construction of Trains 4 and 5.
May 13, 2002
Wojciech Chodan
Mr.Chodan demanded to be paid £25,000 plus expenses as payment for the assistance he rendered in the bid to obtain the contract for Train 4 & 5.
June 14, 2002
Lower Level government officials
An agreement was entered into by Tesler and his bosses to pay $25 million to be paid as bribes by Marubeni, to lower level government officials and NLNG officials should the bid for the contract for Trains 4 & 5 construction be successful.
June 28, 2002
Top level government officials [Olusegun Obasanjo Administration]
TSKJ agreed to pay $23 million to be used as bribe for the top level government official, Olusegun Obasanjo.
This money was to be paid if TSKJ was awarded the contract to construct Train 6 of the LNG project.
August 2002
People's Democratic Party [PDP]
Mr.Tesler wired $1 million dollars in one-hundred dollar bills delivered in a pilot's briefcase to an NNPC official to be used for the benefit of the PDP.
April 2003
People's Democratic Party [PDP]
Mr.Tesler wired in $500,000 dollars in Nigerian currency delivered in a vehicle to an NNPC official to be used for the benefit of the PDP.
July 7, 2003
Abdulsalam Abubakar
$2.5 million dollars was transferred by Tesler to a swiss bank account controlled by Abdulsalam abubakar
June 15, 2004
Lower -level government officials and LNG officials
TSKJ through its agents transferred $3 million to Marubeni Inc in payment for costs incurred during the execution of Trains 4 & 5 construction.