the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office is opening an investigation for favoritism and corruption in the Puy-en-Velay covered market case

Searches took place this Tuesday morning in the premises of the town hall and the community of communes of Puy-en-Velay.

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The National Financial Prosecutor’s Office has opened a preliminary investigation for favouritism, corruption and influence peddling, concerning the operation of the covered market hall in Puy-en-Velay (Haute-Loire), franceinfo learned on Tuesday March 29 from a judicial source. , confirming information from Médiacités Lyon.

According to the same source, searches took place this Tuesday morning in the premises of the town hall and the community of communes of Puy-en-Velay. The current UDI mayor of Puy-en-Velay, Michel Chapuis, succeeded Laurent Wauquiez, to whom he is close, when the latter took over as head of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

The investigation will have to demonstrate in particular under what conditions the management of this market, emblematic building of Puy-en-Velay, was attributed to chef Guillaume Fourcade for the next ten years to the detriment of another chef, Alexis Haon.


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