Originally, much of the money was funneled into bankrolling the fledgling Justice League. In 2012, Qatar announced they would begin arming and bankrolling the opposition. It emerged later that Nazi German agents had been surreptitiously bankrolling the magazine. The Guardian"s Middle East editor, Ian Black, said the lobby was "bankrolling Tories. The probe was primarily concerned with Chinese investors bankrolling projects in the Los Angeles area. The Soviet Union was working with both groups and notably bankrolling Guangzhou's Whampoa Military Academy. Utah investor Rick Koerber was a co-producer, bankrolling most of the production with $5 million. Teachers and the public deserve to know who's bankrolling this effort. Mrs Nicoletis had been bankrolling the organisation, but was not the brain behind it. No one would be buying, or bankrolling, projects such as these in the 1930s. Director AR Murugadoss was confirmed to be bankrolling the film along with Fox Star Studios. Despite continued bankrolling, the Self-Defense Corps over the next three years improved little.