Three police officers were indicted at the end of April in Paris, in particular for money laundering, suspected of having taken part in a bank loan scam, said Monday, May 8 to AFP a judicial source, confirming the JDD.
The first two were indicted on April 18 and 27 for money laundering in an organized gang and the third, on April 21, for forgery and laundering of a fraud committed in an organized gang, said this source.
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According to the JDD, they are two police officers from the Anti-Narcotics Office, Ofast, and a police officer officiating at the territorial intelligence in Guadeloupe. Four other people had already been indicted, according to the judicial source. Of the seven accused, one is in pre-trial detention and six under judicial supervision. Still according to the Journal du Dimanche, the three policemen are under the latter regime.
Eleven people arrested
By the end of March, a total of 11 people had been arrested and taken into custody, including the first four defendants but also the three police officers indicted at the end of April, who were then released from police custody with a subsequent summons to appear before the investigating magistrate.
Among the 11 was also a third Ofast policeman who, according to the JDD, is summoned on May 25 before the investigating magistrate for a possible indictment. The judicial source did not wish to comment.
These individuals are suspected of having participated in a bank loan scam. Three banks are concerned and the damage amounts to "several million euros", had indicated a source close to the file at the end of March to AFP. Two of the 11 people arrested, two women, were already known for fraud, said another source.
Complaint
The three police officers were questioned by the IGPN, the police of the police. One of them is on standby, one of the sources said. The other people had been heard by the Brigade for the repression of clever delinquency (BRDA) of the Paris judicial police According to the JDD, the investigation began after a complaint filed by the management of the Caisse d'Épargne Île-de-France which had noticed irregularities in loan files.
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The alleged sponsors of the scam allegedly made several applications for bank loans using false documents, before disappearing once the money was obtained. The embezzled money would have allowed the purchase of real estate, according to the JDD. According to the newspaper, the mastermind of the case, Michel S., 45, has been arrested: he is one of the four people indicted at the end of March.
