Soon after the gold smuggling in a diplomatic baggage at Thiruvananthapuram airport came to light, the key conspirator Swapna Suresh and her involvement in similar transactions began doing the rounds. Many political leaders and sources had raised allegations about her connection with the company PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Meanwhile, the PWC said in a statement: "As per the background verification report provided to the Delhi NCR based third party agency, specialising in short term resource provisioning and on whose payroll the concerned employee was, both her past employers, namely the Consulate General of the UAE, Kerala and AirIndia Sats Airport Services Pvt, confirmed "eligibility to rehire" the concerned employee.

They also confirmed that the information provided by the said person with respect to her professional experience was accurate," PWC said in a statement.

The PWC also said that the agency has specifically confirmed that criminal record verification was conducted by them and there were no criminal cases found against her as per the report.