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The national secretary of the PCF was heard at the end of August in free hearing as part of an investigation by the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office for embezzlement of public funds. He is suspected of having been paid as an assistant to a deputy without any real work in the Assembly.
Asked about the suspicions of fictitious employment which target him, Fabien Roussel declared on franceinfo, Wednesday September 14, that he finds “healthy” to be able to “to wash off the torrent of mud that has been dumped in the middle of the countryside”. The national secretary of the PCF is suspected of having been paid as an assistant to a deputy between 2009 and 2014, without having actually worked for Parliament. He was heard at the end of August in a free hearing by investigators from the OCLCIFF (Central Office for the Fight against Financial Offenses) as part of an investigation by the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF) for embezzlement of public funds, said Monday a judicial source at franceinfo.
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“I was able to provide evidence and answers to all the questions that were asked of me”Fabien Roussel continued on Wednesday. “It’s rather a good thing and I trust this investigation which will allow me to cleanse myself of this torrent of mud which was poured on me in the middle of the presidential campaign”did he declare. “If I hadn’t been a candidate, this wouldn’t have happened. But I have enemies, adversaries who took the opportunity to pour torrents of mud,” he lamented, before adding that this free audition allowed him to “to wash away all this and to be able to tell the truth”. Now, “Let things take their course” he concluded.
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