The Financial Markets Authority (AMF) on Friday requested a sanction of one million euros against the politician and press boss Nicolas Miguet for non-disclosure of conflicts of interest and price manipulation.
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The rapporteur of the Sanctions Commission of the French stock market policeman estimated that Nicolas Miguet and his two press companies failed in their duties in the publication of a buy recommendation on the action of the medical equipment company Mauna Kea Technologies in October 2017 and took the opportunity to realize a capital gain.