Searches at General Electric site in Belfort, for suspicions of money laundering

In May, an investigation of the “disclose” investigation media revealed that the American company had optimized 800 million euros in profits transferred abroad.

MO12345LEMOND With AFP

The site of General Electric, in Belfort, was searched on Thursday, December 15, as part of a preliminary investigation for laundering aggravated tax fraud, announced the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF) at the Agency France- Press, confirming a source close to the file.

The investigation was opened in July 2019, following a report made by the national secretary of the French Communist Party, Fabien Roussel, on “suspicions of optimization and tax fraud of General Electric” in Switzerland.

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After several expertise and two alert rights since 2018 that remained without effect, the French Confederation of General Coating of Cadres (CFE-CGC) and Solidaires, Unitary, Democratic (South) filed a complaint against X May 30 (with the Social and Economic Committee), with the PNF, for “money laundering, breach of confidence, false and use of false and aggravated concealment in organized gang”. A procedure which initiates the responsibility of the company like that of its leaders.

A investigation of the investigation media Disclose had also revealed that the American multinational had transferred up to 800 million euros in profits to Switzerland and L ‘US state of Delaware between 2015 and 2020.

/Media reports cited above.