Monique Lupu and a second cousin are on trial for money laundering. They are accused of trafficking in fake antique furniture, in Paris between 2007 and 2015.
Jean Lupu, who died a year ago, was a self-taught antiques dealer. He did not appear at his trial last June, suffering from “the beginnings of Alzheimer’s’ Since his death, public action against him has ceased, but not against his wife, Monique. Gilles D., second cousin, is suspected of money laundering via companies offshore in Panama and accounts in Qatar.