“This indictment is unwarranted and does not correspond to the historical reality of the events,” said his lawyer, Florence Rault.
Already indicted in October 2014 for forgery and complicity use of false, Bastien Millot, long close to Jean-Francois Cope, has been indicted for complicity in illegal financing of election fraud and complicity by investigating judges. Moreover, it is under investigation in another case involving suspicions of favoritism on contracts paid by France Télévisions to Bygmalion.
Bastien Millot denies having been aware
Investigators suspect a system of false invoices established between a subsidiary of Bygmalion, Event and Co., and UMP (now Republicans). Objective: ventilate the budget of the party about 18.5 million euros in Nicolas Sarkozy’s campaign expenses, to prevent them from exceeding the authorized ceiling of 22.5 million euros and are rejected by the Constitutional Council, which was still the case.
Thirteen people were indicted. Among them, in addition Bastien Millot, three former executives Bygmalion Guy Alves, Franck Attal and Sebastien Borivent. They acknowledge that they have had knowledge of the fraud, that Bastien Millot has always contested. His three former associates on yet involve.
accused of having given its “green light” to the operation
Franck Attal, boss of Event and Cie, explained to the judges that the deputy campaign manager, Jerome Lavrilleux, had requested late March and early April 2012 to announce that he had to use a fraudulent ventilation system of campaign expenditures on the UMP what Jerome Lavrilleux contests, placing the recourse to fraud after the presidential election. According to a source close to the case, be assured Attal Franck then warned Sébastien Borivent which in turn would indicate to both patrons of Bygmalion, Bastien Millot and Guy Alves. According to this source, Sébastien Borivent told the magistrates that Bastien Millot, now a lawyer, gave its “green light” to the operation.
Florence Rault, “the only thing that links my client in this case is that he was the president of Bygmalion, the parent. ” “But nothing related to the campaign and the work of Event and Co. during this campaign. He never directed Event and has never been a shareholder, “added the lawyer
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