MP Meyer Habib targeted by an investigation for “embezzlement of public funds”

According to BFM-TV, the investigators suspect irregularities in the remuneration of his parliamentary collaborators, and the survey is linked to a tracfin report.

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MP Meyer Habib, related to the Les Républicains group, is targeted by an investigation for “embezzlement of public funds”, we learned, Wednesday, November 30, from the Paris prosecutor’s office, which confirms information from BFM-TV .

The office in the National Assembly of the deputy for 8 e district of the French from abroad – which covers among others Israel, Greece and Italy – was searched on Tuesday, a -We learned from the same source.

irregularities in the remuneration of employees

The survey was entrusted to the Central Office to Combat Corruption and financial and fiscal offenses in November 2021, said the Paris prosecutor’s office.

According to BFM-TV, investigators suspect irregularities in the remuneration of his parliamentary collaborators, and the investigation is linked to a tracfin report.

Meyer Habib, close to Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, sat within the UDI group during the previous legislature. The deputy did not respond at this stage to the requests of the agency France-Presse.

/Media reports cited above.