The communist deputy, who disputes these accusations, was heard at the end of August by the investigators in the context of a national financial prosecutor’s office (PNF) for “embezzlement of public funds”.
Le Monde with AFP
The national secretary of the French Communist Party (PCF), Fabien Roussel, suspected of having been paid as assistant to a deputy between 2009 and 2014 without having really worked for the National Assembly, was heard in free hearing The end of August, a source close to the file at the France-Presse (AFP) said on Monday, confirmed by the financial prosecutor’s office.
m. Roussel, who disputes these accusations, was heard by investigators from the Central Office to Combat Financial Offenses (OCLCIFF) as part of a National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF) for “embezzlement of public funds” Explained this source, confirming information from RTL .
The PNF confirmed to AFP that “Mr. Roussel [had] been heard at the end of August by the OCLCIFF as part of a free hearing”. “It was heard (…), it went well, he gave his arguments and could specify things, but he did not plan to communicate more,” assured the entourage of the communist deputy to the AFP, specifying that he had firmly rejected the accusations.
“It was not too clear”
After the publication of the online media survey Mediapart on February 20, 2022, in the middle of the presidential campaign, Fabien Roussel said that he had” documents “proving his activity spent from parliamentary assistant to Jean-Jacques Candelier (ex-Deputy of the North).