The Allegator

A.K.A: Karlheinz Schreiber

The Allegator, hard at work.

Powers: Through the skillful use of allegations, The Allegator manipulates the political and media establishments. His skills have damaged the reputations of at least two former heads of state (deservedly or otherwise): the former Chancellor of Germany, Helmut Kohl, and former Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney. Limitations: The Allegator has a tendency to over-promise and under-deliver. The Alegator's greatest fear is extradition from Canada. Status: Villain (allegedly). Interesting Facts:

• The Allegator began his career working for the West German intelligence service, Bundesnachrichtendienst.
• After leaving the Bundesnachrichtendienst, the Allegator became an arms dealer, lobbyist and wheeler-dealer.
• The Allegator was a key figure in Canada's Airbus affair, in which he was alleged (and alleges) to have arranged secret commissions to be paid to Brian Mulroney and lobbyist Frank Moores in exchange for then Crown corporation Air Canada's purchase of Airbus jets. The Allegator allegedly (and alleges that he) made $300,000 in cash payments, in three installments, to Brian Mulroney shortly after Mulroney's departure from politics. The Allegator had previously been a key fundraiser in Mulroney's successful campaign to win the 1983 Progressive Conservative leadership convention.
• Mulroney sued the government of Canada for libel, and in early 1997 received a $2.1 million (CAD) settlement and an apology. During an examination under oath, Mulroney claimed that he hardly knew the Allegator, and had had no dealings with him after he stepped down as prime minister in 1993.
• Since 1999, the Allegator has fought extradition to his native Germany, where he is wanted on allegations of fraud, bribery and failure to pay taxes to the German government on $20 million in commissions related to sales in the 1980s of Airbus jets.
• In October 2004, then Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler ordered the Allegator to surrender himself to German authorities. The Allegator, however, remains in Canada, using his allegatory powers to allege that there is a gigantic political scandal and that he holds the information that will expose a great number of politicians - thereby preventing his extradition.