The prefect Gardère indicted for accepting bribes – The Point

The prefect Alain Gardère, a senior official close to the right, was set Thursday for consideration including passive corruption and banned from holding any public employment, have we learned judicial source. This former “big cop” of 59, who was a member of the cabinet of the Interior Claude Gueant, was indicted including abuse of authority, illegal taking of interest per person exercising a public function, passive corruption public official, the misuse of corporate assets and abuse of public funds, detailed the source. Put on probation, he was prohibited from exercising any public office and shall not engage in any activity in the areas of security and airports. He also had to pay a deposit of 150 000.

Alain Gardère was taken into custody Tuesday in the premises of the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN), the “font Fonts”, as part of a judicial inquiry opened on September 23, including misuse of corporate assets, influence peddling, corruption and illegal taking of interest. He had immediately been suspended from his duties as head of the National Council of private security activities (CNaPS), the body responsible for issuing approvals including private security firms, under the supervision of the Interior Ministry.

Named Prefect by the right

Another policeman, his chief of staff at CNaPS, was also indicted including “violation of freedom and equality access to public procurement by public officials accepting bribes and complicity of embezzlement of public funds, “said the judicial source. According to a source close to the deal, Alain Gardère would have taken advantage of benefits in kind (restaurants, free holidays …) in exchange for services rendered in 2015, at which time he worked at CNaPS.

Named Prefect by the right, Alain Gardère in March 2011 became deputy director of the office of Interior Minister Claude Gueant, under the presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy. He was sent as a delegate to Marseille Prefect for Security a few months later, including a mission to stop the regulations are bloody accounts. He left the post shortly after the arrival of the left to power in 2012, supporting the safety of the Paris airports Roissy and Le Bourget CNaPS until his appointment in January 2015.