The agencies probing the VVIP helicopter scam are likely to slap charges under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) on the alleged middleman in the deal, Christian Michel , people with direct knowledge of the matter told ET.The Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have gathered details of classified information that Michel had allegedly shared with executives of AgustaWestland and other foreign entities, to swing the deal in favour of the British helicopter manufacturer, they said.Michel, a UK national, has been in the custody of CBI and ED since he was brought to India from Dubai on December 4, until Saturday when he was remanded in judicial custody. During questioning, he was confronted with several hundreds of despatches allegedly by him to the then chief executive of AgustaWestland, Giuseppe Orsi, and others giving highly confidential information pertaining to internal Cabinet discussions, meetings of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) and the movement of files related to the deal.Michel has not disputed the authenticity of most of the despatches, the people told ET. However, in a bid to distance himself from the documents, on certain instances Michel claimed that he “merely authored” the posts and that the classified information was provided to him by a “team” employed by Agusta-Westland. He also tried to pin the blame on Guido Ralph Haschke, another alleged middleman and accomplice of Michel. However, the agencies have punctured the claims by confronting him with documents and details of the meetings he held with other co-accused to arrange kickbacks and fix the deal, the people added.Having quizzed Michel for 28 days, CBI and Enforcement Directorate are finalising a list of “suspects” to be examined on the basis of his testimonies. Michel is claimed to have acknowledged the receipt of money from AgustaWestland by his two companies.Also, Michel has admitted to “distributing” the money to several influential individuals to win the chopper deal in favour of Agusta-Westland, said the people.However, Michel has not given details of all the beneficiaries who the agencies allege were given kickbacks to secure the deal. His lawyer had refused to comment on the case.In what may spell further trouble for Michel, agencies claim to have detected inflow of large amounts of money into his companies located abroad. These were paid allegedly to fix other transactions — CBI and ED suspect that he acted as an agent for defence deals other than the VVIP chopper contract.The agencies are also looking into the alleged involvement of the son of a senior Congress leader in “arranging” the flow of kickbacks for the chopper deal, ET has learnt.During questioning, Michel was made to write his answers in his own handwriting with a footnote that he was making the statement without any duress. The list of his “contact persons” in India — allegedly passed on to him by his father Wolfgang in 1996, and which included the name ‘Mrs Gandhi’ — is written in Michel’s handwriting, said people cited above.Alleged links of a basmati rice exporting company, KRBL, to the helicopter deal are also being pursued by the probe agencies. The company had denied the allegation.A co-accused in the case, advocate Gautam Khaitan, was an independent director of the company from 2007 to 2013. As per ED, “proceeds of crime” were laundered through a former KRBL subsidiary, Rawasi Al Khaleej General Trading.ED in its chargesheet, filed last June, said top executives of KRBL, discussed “the dealings of Gautam Khaitan with M/s KRBL” and disclosed “his offer for commission amounting to .`15 crore without providing any services”. Denying any wrongdoing, KRBL had said it had nothing to do with the chopper deal. The company, last June, said neither proceeds of crime were received by it nor were it laundered any money.