Deputy Meyer Habib is being investigated by the Paris prosecutor for embezzlement of public funds, according to information from BFMTV. The office of the related parliamentarian LR was raided this Tuesday morning by police officers from the Central Office for the Fight against Corruption and Financial and Tax Offenses.
Suspicions of irregularity in the remuneration of its employees
This investigation, open for several months, is linked to a report by Tracfin, Bercy’s anti-money laundering service, which suspects irregularities in the remuneration of its parliamentary collaborators. The objective of the investigators is now to clear up doubts about the way in which he manages the expenses of his mandate.
This is not the time when this member of the French Abroad who counts in particular in his constituency Israel, Greece and Cyprus will be singled out.
Involved during the legislative campaign
Last June, the then outgoing deputy and campaigning for re-election, Meyer Habib was implicated in a note from the French consul in Tel Aviv. In this document, revealed by The chained duckthe latter wonders about the behavior of the chosen one during the first round:
“We are informed through several of our users, as well as several representatives of the French community in our constituency, that the outgoing deputy of the 8th constituency and candidate for re-election, Mr. Meyer Habib, engages in practices whose legality could be questionable,” he wrote.
This note mentions a phone call during which a constituency voter was asked for their username and password to vote online for them.
“Everything is done in these elections to make me lose. I accuse the Quai d’Orsay of having deliberately leaked false information to harm me,” defended the Franco-Israeli elect.
Source: BFM TV
