Arbitration Tapie: new indictment for the boss of Orange – Le Point

The CEO of Orange, Stéphane Richard, was again indicted Thursday in the arbitration investigation Tapie, for his role as a former cabinet director of the former Economy Minister Christine Lagarde told AFP from sources. Stéphane Richard has been indicted for complicity in embezzlement of public funds by a private individual, namely Bernard Tapie, clarified sources close to the dossier and judicial. It already was for organized fraud since 2013, as five other players, including Bernard Tapie. Made in 2008, the controversial arbitration had awarded more than 400 million euros to businessman.

“This setting supplementary examination is a non-event. It changes nothing, does nothing and does not change the position of Stéphane Richard in this case. There is indeed no no new facts or evidence against him, “responded in a statement sent to AFP’s lawyer Stephane Richard, Jean-Étienne Giamarchi.

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Jean-François Rocchi and Bernard Scemama, presidents at the material time of the CDR and EPFR, the entities responsible to settle the inheritance of Credit Lyonnais, are also seen notify this setting in supplementary examination for embezzlement complicity. This was also the case on May 6 for Bernard Tapie, but he was indicted as the perpetrator of the crime, and not as an accomplice.

The six indicted, whose lawyer Bernard Tapie , Mr. Maurice Lantourne, and one of the referees who have rendered the award, Pierre Estoup, are suspected of having participated in a “sham” Arbitration in July 2008 to award the sum of EUR 403 million to ‘businessman, including 45 for non-pecuniary damage, to settle his dispute with the old Credit Lyonnais on the sale of Adidas. Stéphane Richard refutes such a scenario. He claims not to have had a decisive role in choosing, shared, he said, at the Elysee, to turn his back to ordinary justice and prefer a private arbitration procedure.

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Bernard Tapie, his lawyer Lantourne and one of three arbitrators selected by the parties, Pierre Estoup are blamed for concealing during the procedure of long links Date. Stéphane Richard was chief of staff Christine Lagarde, the minister who had the guardianship of the CDR and EPFR. The judges particularly suspect of having concealed his minister notes of the Agence des participations de l’État (APE) advising against the use of arbitration, which he strongly disputes.