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Rapper EVE has been linked to a multi-million dollar money laundering inv= estigation centred around her on/off boyfriend TEODORIN NGUEMA.
Nguema, the son of Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the president of Equa= torial Guinea, is under observation by authorities for a
number of money = transfers made between several U.S. bank accounts.
According to ABC News, Eve's name is mentioned in the massive U.S. Sena= te investigation, which has been under wraps for the past three years.
Nguema is alleged to have used lawyer friends, real estate agents and t= he rap star to set up shell companies in the States, through which he the= n wired cash to fund his lavish lifestyle, including the purchase of a ma= nsion in Malibu, California.
The hip-hop star, full name Eve Jeffers, is named as the president of S= weet Pink, Inc., a firm set up in late 2005 and reportedly used by Obiang= "to employ individuals at the home (Obiang) maintained before he purchas= ed the Malibu Property and to handle payroll and other matters related to= the employment of those individuals".
A representative for Eve had yet to respond to requests for a comment a= s WENN went to press.