Will there be yet another twist in the extraordinary affair of the Château de La Rochepot, retried before the Nancy Court of Appeal (Meurthe-et-Moselle) from this Monday, March 25?
Behind the purchase of this castle, a flagship of Burgundian tourism and historic property of the Carnot family - named after the president of the Third Republic - by Ukrainians who love good wines and French culture, there was in reality an extremely serious money laundering scheme. sophisticated involving companies domiciled in tax havens – Belize, Dominican Republic or Panama.
The main goal of this operation?
Conceal the origin and reinvest the millions of euros allegedly embezzled by a Ukrainian crook after acting as intermediary in a contract for the supply of chemical fertilizers to the detriment of Dreymoor Fertilizers, a company specializing in chemical fertilizers.
The latter never received the goods, and the money from the transaction disappeared.
Just like the mysterious intermediary…
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