A magistrate, practicing at the court of Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine) at the time of the facts, was indicted on Wednesday in particular for "
complicity in influence peddling
", indicated the parquet floor of Versailles, requested by AFP and confirming information from the newspaper Le Point.
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He is suspected of having used his influence to obtain on behalf of a contract worker, at the time a bailiff's clerk, a faster appointment with his consulate, according to the weekly.
The facts would have taken place in 2020.
"passive corruption"
He is also indicted for "
misappropriation of personal data
", said the Versailles prosecutor's office to AFP.
This decision of the examining magistrate intervenes in a broader procedure in which the contractual is indicted for "
passive corruption
", "
violation of professional secrecy
" and "
fraud
".
She is suspected of having turned clients over to lawyers in exchange for financial commissions, a case revealed by the daily
Le Parisien
in February 2021.
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Three lawyers from the bars of Nanterre and Paris are also indicted for "
corruption
" in this case, the Versailles prosecutor's office confirmed to AFP on Thursday.
Contacted by AFP, the magistrate's lawyer Marie-Alix Canu-Bernard did not wish "
at this stage, to make any comments apart from the fact (that she was going) to file a request for the nullity of the indictment in the coming days
”.
