French police on Wednesday raided the Paris home of IMF chief Christine Lagarde, AFP reported. The raid is linked to an investigation into a €285 million arbitration payment made to businessman Bernard Tapie.
French police on Wednesday carried out a raid on the Paris home of IMF chief Christine Lagarde in connection with a probe into her handling of a high-profile scandal when she was France's finance minister.
"Mrs Lagarde has nothing to hide," her lawyer Yves Repiquet told AFP, adding in a statement to Reuters: "These raids will serve to show the truth, and will help clear my client of any criminal liability."
The investigation concerns Lagarde's 2007 decision to order a panel of judges to arbitrate in a dispute between disgraced tycoon Bernard Tapie and the bank Credit Lyonnais, which led to Tapie being awarded €285 million.
Tapie is in infamous figure in French politics after being convicted and jailed in 1997 for football match-fixing. He also has a conviction for tax fraud.
The IMF have refused to comment on the raid. Full story...
Related posts:
French police on Wednesday carried out a raid on the Paris home of IMF chief Christine Lagarde in connection with a probe into her handling of a high-profile scandal when she was France's finance minister.
"Mrs Lagarde has nothing to hide," her lawyer Yves Repiquet told AFP, adding in a statement to Reuters: "These raids will serve to show the truth, and will help clear my client of any criminal liability."
The investigation concerns Lagarde's 2007 decision to order a panel of judges to arbitrate in a dispute between disgraced tycoon Bernard Tapie and the bank Credit Lyonnais, which led to Tapie being awarded €285 million.
Tapie is in infamous figure in French politics after being convicted and jailed in 1997 for football match-fixing. He also has a conviction for tax fraud.
The IMF have refused to comment on the raid. Full story...
Related posts:
- IMF chief Christine Lagarde and Nicolas Sarkozy embroiled in new...
- IMF chief Christine Lagarde and her fairytale world...
- Anger grows over IMF chief Lagarde's tax-free salary.
- Greeks attack IMF chief Lagarde in "Facebook War..."
- Sarkozy and Carla 'fled to Canada hours before raid on Paris home...
- French police raid home of former president Nicolas Sarkozy...
- France's First Lady accused of 'embezzling' taxpayers' money...
No comments:
Post a Comment