 He additionally owns shares above the £50,000 registration minimum in African Minerals Ltd.In January 2009 Truscott was the subject of corruption allegations in the "Sunday Times", along with three of his Labour colleagues.He was accused of seeking a £72,000 fee to help two people posing as lobbyists "amend a government bill that was harmful to their client", saying he would have to "be a ‘bit careful’ and could not table the amendment himself."