A magistrate indicted for "complicity in influence peddling"

A magistrate practicing at the court of Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine) at the time of the facts was indicted this Wednesday for "complicity in influence peddling" and "misappropriation of personal data", indicated the parquet floor of Versailles , confirming information from the newspaper

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The man 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.

A larger procedure

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, for her part, is suspected of having turned down clients for lawyers in exchange for financial commissions, a case revealed by the daily

in February 2021.

Three lawyers from the Nanterre and Paris bars are also indicted for "corruption" in this case, confirmed the Versailles prosecutor's office.

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• Nanterre

• Ile-de-France

• Paris

• Versailles

• Magistrate

• Indictment

• Justice