THE court building controversy looks set to continue as the Auditor General yesterday refused to deny that the Police are now investigating the identity and involvement of the beneficiaries of a trust linked to the project.

It is understood that two cheques issued to Cabinet Ministers by construction executives involved in the controversial project have been handed over to Police by the Auditor General's office.

When approached by the Mid-Ocean News on Thursday, Auditor General Larry Dennis would not deny that the Police have stepped in to investigate claims that Cabinet Ministers are involved in a trust that owned 39 per cent of shares in LLC Bermuda Ltd, formerly Landmark Lisgar Construction, the company responsible for the delayed court and police building in Hamilton.

One known director and shareholder in LLC Bermuda Ltd is Winters Burgess, site manager for Pro-Active, the company fired from the Berkeley project that owes the Government $15 million.

The Royal Gazette this week confirmed that Lisgar, the Canadian construction firm originally working with Landmark on the project, "withdrew from that relationship" in the words of Permanent Secretary Robert Horton.

In a statement to all media on Wednesday, LLC Bermuda Ltd called allegations that Cabinet Ministers had received payments from Landmark as consultancy fees "completely false and without foundation".

On the same day, Finance Minister Paula Cox told The Royal Gazette that she remains in the dark as to who the beneficiaries of the trust are.

Last week, Shadow Works & Engineering Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin blasted the Government in an interview with the Mid-Ocean News, criticising the Department of Works & Engineering for hiring a company part owned by a trust whose beneficiaries are unidentified.

This week, she told the Royal Gazette that the Government owed the taxpayers "a certain level of disclosure" regarding financing for the $78 million court building, which is now months behind schedule .

"There has got to be a certain level of disclosure to the public about where their money is going, to whom it is being paid and for what purpose," she said.