https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the far-right National Front, was charged on Friday for "embezzlement of public funds" over allegations he illegally claimed money from the European parliament to pay France-based staff, lawyers told AFP. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190914/french-far-right-founder-le-pen-charged-for-embezzling Sat, 14 Sep 2019 10:06:16 +0200 french-far-right-founder-le-pen-charged-for-embezzling The French government added a staggering €17.9 billion to its public coffers in 2017 thanks to measures aimed at stamping out tax fraud and evasion. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180717/france-cashes-in-18-billion-with-tax-fraud-fighting-tactics Tue, 17 Jul 2018 19:04:42 +0200 france-cashes-in-18-billion-with-tax-fraud-fighting-tactics Some 66.5 million bottles of wine, the equivalent of 13 Olympic sized swimming pools full of plonk, was falsely sold as high quality Côtes-du-Rhône wine, French officials have revealed. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180316/massive-cte-du-rhne-fine-wine-fraud-smashed-by-french-police Fri, 16 Mar 2018 14:23:29 +0100 massive-cte-du-rhne-fine-wine-fraud-smashed-by-french-police Numerous migrants have allegedly been charged hefty fees for the medical certificates which are necessary in some cases to receive a residence permit. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160516/french-doctors-accused-of-extorting-migrants Mon, 16 May 2016 13:53:24 +0200 french-doctors-accused-of-extorting-migrants Thinking she had won big in the EuroMillions lottery, a 46-year-old Frenchwoman did what just about anyone would do - she started spending the jackpot immediately. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160309/frenchwoman-spends-big-mistakenly-thinking-she-won-the-lottery Wed, 09 Mar 2016 10:32:00 +0100 frenchwoman-spends-big-mistakenly-thinking-she-won-the-lottery French women named Josette are advised to be on their guard after three women with that name were targeted by a fraudster in the northern city of Rouen. Several other Josettes are also thought to have been targeted. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150828/french-fraudster-targets-women-called-josette Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:27:30 +0200 french-fraudster-targets-women-called-josette French police have urged the country’s taxpayers to be on guard after fraudsters sent out thousands of emails asking recipients for their credit card details in return for a fake “tax refund”. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140814/fraudsters-target-french-taxpayers-with-promise-of-refund Thu, 14 Aug 2014 12:25:00 +0200 fraudsters-target-french-taxpayers-with-promise-of-refund The billionaire French businessman Serge Dassault was charged on Thursday with vote buying and campaign finance violations in connection with a scheme to influence elections in the Parisian suburb where he was once mayor, sources said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140410/french-billionaire-charged-in-vote-buying-scam Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:17:00 +0200 french-billionaire-charged-in-vote-buying-scam US authorities are investigating the French banks Societe Generale, BNP Paribas and Credit Agricole for embezzlement and violating American sanctions against other countries, a source close to the matter said Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140308/us-government-probing-three-major-french-banks Sat, 08 Mar 2014 11:15:28 +0100 us-government-probing-three-major-french-banks A Frenchman convicted of carbon trading fraud that cost the state some €1.6 billion ($2.2 billion) has gone on the run, a judicial source said Saturday, admitting that his electronic tracking bracelet had stopped working. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131215/french-carbon-crook-on-run-after-bracelet-fails Sun, 15 Dec 2013 11:01:31 +0100 french-carbon-crook-on-run-after-bracelet-fails France's highest court on Wednesday upheld several convictions for "organized fraud" against the Church of Scientology. A representative from the Church told The Local the ruling was tantamount to "religious persecution" by France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131016/french-court-upholds-fraud-verdict-against-scientologists Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:31:00 +0200 french-court-upholds-fraud-verdict-against-scientologists The estranged wife of France's disgraced former Budget Minister Jérôme Cahuzac has been charged with tax fraud and money laundering in the same scandal that cost her husband his job, a judicial source said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130830/disgraced-ministers-wife-charged-in-tax-probe Fri, 30 Aug 2013 20:11:00 +0200 disgraced-ministers-wife-charged-in-tax-probe French trader Fabrice Tourre, known as 'Faboulous Fab', a former Goldman Sachs banker, was convicted by jurors in New York on Thursday of committing fraud in a mortgage-linked security sale that floundered. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130802/french-trader-fabulous-fab-guilty-of-fraud Fri, 02 Aug 2013 11:09:00 +0200 french-trader-fabulous-fab-guilty-of-fraud Swiss bank Reyl and Cie, under investigation in France for enabling tax fraud, said Saturday it had filed a criminal complaint against a former employee who testified in the case. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130714/swiss-bank-seeks-charges-against-ex-employee Sun, 14 Jul 2013 12:06:00 +0200 swiss-bank-seeks-charges-against-ex-employee The head of Orange France (formerly operating as France Telecom) was charged with fraud on Wednesday by French police investigating alleged corruption involving French politician and IMF chief Christine Lagarde. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130612/orange-chief-charged-with-fraud-in-lagarde-probe Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:16:00 +0200 orange-chief-charged-with-fraud-in-lagarde-probe Paris investigators are formally investigating the French branch of Swiss bank UBS on suspicion it helped try to persuade rich French clients to open undeclared accounts in Switzerland, a legal source said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130601/ubs-france-placed-under-investigation Sat, 01 Jun 2013 09:44:00 +0200 ubs-france-placed-under-investigation High ranking ministers in the French government can expect a grilling in the coming days as an investigation into a tax fraud scandal got underway on Tuesday. The probe was set up after the former budget minister admitted having a secret bank account. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130521/french-ministers-face-grilling-over-tax-scandal Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:28 +0200 french-ministers-face-grilling-over-tax-scandal Police in Paris have arrested 19 people in connection with card 'skimming' scams in Paris restaurants and cafés worth €14 million. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121213/14-million-card-skimming-gangs-arrested-in-capital Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:31:00 +0100 14-million-card-skimming-gangs-arrested-in-capital A French appeals court Wednesday ordered the release of US real estate magnate Michael Mastro and his wife, detained since October for feigned bankruptcy, but placed them under house arrest. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121212/us-property-tycoon-released-from-french-jail Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:49:39 +0100 us-property-tycoon-released-from-french-jail French police on Tuesday questioned ex-prime minister Dominique de Villepin over an alleged embezzlement scheme at a luxury hotel chain that was run by a friend of the conservative politician. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120912/villepin-questioned-in-hotel-fraud-probe Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:59:38 +0200 villepin-questioned-in-hotel-fraud-probe