Agen magistrate Hélène Gerhards indicted on 11 charges, including embezzlement of public funds. She is accused of having used her “capacity as an investigating judge” to “establish false expert commission orders and false tax orders” Her lawyers denounce an “investigation carried out exclusively against a magistrate” “appreciated in each of her positions for her work and hernacity,” they say.
A Bastia judge, Danielle Sbragia, was indicted for “illegal taking of interest” in October.