FRANCE: Financial advisor’s home raided in Sarkozy donation probe
French police searched the residence and office of a financial advisor to L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt on Friday over allegations that France’s richest woman illegally made donations to President Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2007 campaign. Read More
FRANCE: Bettencourt’s ex-accountant partially retracts statement in L’Oreal donations scandal
Billionaire Liliane Bettencourt’s accountant, re-interrogated on Wednesday night by police, retracted parts of her statement regarding an alleged 50,000-euro payment to Labour Minister Eric Woerth. Read More
FRANCE: L’Oreal billionaire heiress pledges to declare all assets after tax-dodge scandal
L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, France’s richest woman, said she would comply with the law and declare her assets, after being caught on tape allegedly plotting tax evasion while making donations to the governing UMP party. Read More