Eddie Obeid's 'likely' $1m share of Offset Alpine payout

By Kate McClymont
Updated July 30 2014 - 10:13am, first published 12:15am
Eddie Obeid: Demanded share of payout. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
Eddie Obeid: Demanded share of payout. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
Remains: The Offset Alpine building in Sydney after it was hit by fire on Christmas Eve 1993 Photo: Kate Callas
Remains: The Offset Alpine building in Sydney after it was hit by fire on Christmas Eve 1993 Photo: Kate Callas

One million dollars which was transferred from a Swiss bank account operated by former Labor powerbroker Graham Richardson was likely to have been Eddie Obeid’s share of the mysterious Offset Alpine deal, a new book reveals.