The wiretaps highlight the threats of Arnaud Mimran, convicted in 2016 in carbon tax fraud, against Fabrice Arfi. “There is a feeling of insecurity” among journalists, denounces Mediapart’s lawyer in particular.
Mediapart’s lawyer, Emmanuel Tordjman, told franceinfo this Thursday that he will take legal action after threats from Arnaud Mimran, convicted in 2016 in carbon tax fraud, against his journalist Fabrice Arfi as well as against several judges revealed this Thursday by Médiapart and which Franceinfo was able to confirm.
Listening in his cell and in the visiting room
In this investigation published this Thursday, Mediapart reveals wiretaps carried out by the criminal brigade between 2019 and 2020 in Arnaud Mimran’s cell and visiting room. These wiretaps, the content of which was confirmed to franceinfo by a source close to the matter, highlight the threats of Arnaud Mimran, one of the masterminds of the carbon quota scam, against Fabrice Arfi .
Arnaud Mimran, convicted in 2016 in carbon tax fraud after Fabrice Arfi’s revelations in a book and in several articles, declares in particular that he wants “do something”, to Fabrice Arfi. “Something really must happen to him.”he launched in June 2019. “Fabrice Arfi, for example, is the worst dirty guy on earth”continues Arnaud Mimran, who adds: “I swore that when I go out, I’ll do something to him.”
A “feeling of insecurity” about journalists
“There is a feeling of insecurity that reigns among journalists”denounces Mediapart’s lawyer, Emmanuel Tordjman, to franceinfo. “It is up to the judicial authority to take all concrete and effective measures and, if necessary, prosecute the people responsible for the facts revealed this Thursday morning.”
“The author of the revelations on the carbon quota scam Fabrice Arfi is the target of serious threats of revenge made by Arnaud Mimran, a major criminal figure”written this Thursday on X (formerly Twitter) Reporters Without Borders (RSF). “RSF provides its support to the journalist and calls on the French authorities to guarantee his safety.”
Arnaud Mimran has accumulated legal troubles since his conviction in 2016. Last December, he was sentenced on appeal to thirteen years of criminal imprisonment by the Val-de-Marne Assize Court for the kidnapping of a Swiss financier in view of his extortion. He was also indicted and imprisoned in April 2021 in the investigation into the assassination in 2011 of his ex-father-in-law, the billionaire Claude Dray, and in that into the murder in 2010 of another figure of the carbon tax affair, Samy Souied. He is also suspected of having ordered a murder in April 2014, a case for which he is indicted for “organized gang murder”.
Investigations into three murders completed
The Parisian investigating judges responsible for investigating three murders between 2010 and 2014, including the fraudster “carbon tax” Arnaud Mimran is suspected of being the author, notified the parties on Thursday of the end of their investigations, franceinfo also learned from a source close to the case.
The parties now have one month to send their observations to the judges. If the investigations are not relaunched, it will then be up to the Paris prosecutor’s office to make its final indictment, before a final decision by the investigating judges on the holding of a possible trial at the assizes.
In this judicial investigation conducted by magistrates of the specialized interregional jurisdiction (Jirs) in Paris, Mr. Mimran, currently in prison, is implicated in three aspects. In April 2021, he was indicted for complicity regarding the 2011 assassination of his former father-in-law, billionaire Claude Dray, and for organized gang murder regarding the death in 2010 of another figure in the case. of the carbon tax, Samy Souied. In this Souied section, at least two other men were indicted.
A few months later, in November 2021, Arnaud Mimran was indicted again for “organized gang murder”, concerning the death in April 2014 of a third person, Albert Taieb.