Bygmalion: Nicolas Sarkozy questioned by the police – The Obs

Nicolas Sarkozy he was warned that his 2012 campaign was taking on water? Did he know that more than € 18 million campaign costs have been hidden via false invoices? The officers of the Anti-Corruption Office, who are investigating the case Bygmalion for a little over a year, have heard about the former president Friday, September 4th. According to a report in the “World” confirmed by judicial sources, Nicolas Sarkozy was heard under the open hearing. At this stage, the former head of state is thus not not pursue this issue.

In this case, justice inquiry about a possible overrun of 18 million euros of campaign expenses by the UMP in 2012. The investigation initially for forgery and use of forgery, breach of trust and attempted fraud was extended to illegal campaign financing, an offense that targets the candidate Sarkozy, who signed his accounts. It is also necessary that judges prove that he knew that the cap set by law (€ 22.5 million) to finance his campaign had been exceeded, that denies Nicolas Sarkozy. On several occasions, the former president of Republic even said he did not know the company “Bygmalion”, originally false invoices, and that he had heard that name until long after the presidential election.

And since the beginning of the investigation, no case has the protagonist and formally put into question the former candidate for the 2012 presidential election one hand, the employees of Bygmalion the box communication led by relatives of Jean-Francois Cope and issued 18 million fake invoices, acknowledged fraud. To hide the true costs of the presidential UMP leaders Bygmalion who organized campaign rallies explained agreeing to make up the accounts. But none have ever questioned the candidate Sarkozy.

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On the political side, the former leaders of the UMP (now, especially after the scandal political and financial, Republicans) or campaign are even less talkative and nobody questions the former President of the Republic. To read their statements before the investigators and judges, it is almost like a Corsican investigation. The UMP financial managers have paid Bygmalion society unaware of the fraud, they say. The director of the campaign has seen some price rallies divided by 5 or 6 … not be surprised beyond measure. The two accountants have validated all the accounts without being offended.

No one ever asked about the dozens of public meetings, sometimes billed 300,000 euros and who have never been held. When Jerome Lavrilleux – former chief of staff Jean-Francois Cope, the only one who recognized the existence of fraud – he swears they have never told anyone. And especially not to his former mentor … Last July, Jean-Francois Cope has also experienced exactly the same fate as Nicolas Sarkozy last week. The former president of the UMP, who resigned in the wake of the scandal, had also been heard by investigators under the open hearing.