Thierry Bandrac, 63, prosecuted for favoritism and misappropriation of corporate assets. He was cleared after eight years of investigation and nearly four months of pre-trial detention.
Bandrac was tried in mid-February alongside his son, Mathieu, and four business leaders. The 63-year-old civil servant, his son and the entrepreneurs suspected of having rendered him a service in exchange for the public contracts that they regularly won in the former stronghold of the Balkany.