The councilor was indicted on Thursday of heads “breach of trust, concealment of abuse of social good, concealed work and work concealed by partial concealment of activity” at the end of his guard on sight.
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targeted by an investigation for embezzlement of public funds and concussion [embezzlement in the exercise of a public service], the mayor of Cholet, Gilles Bourdouleix (DVD), was indicted and placed under judicial supervision, A Announced, Thursday, January 19, the Angers prosecutor’s office (Maine-et-Loire).
In accordance with the requisitions of the prosecution, Mr. Bourdouleix was indicted of the heads “of breach of trust, concealment of abuse of social good, concealed work and work concealed by partial concealment of activity” at the end From his police custody, said the public prosecutor of Angers Eric Bouillard, in an email at the France-Presse agency (AFP).
“Gilles Bourdouleix was placed under judicial supervision with prohibition of contact with the others indicted and obligation to pay a deposit of 20,000 euros”, specifies Mr. Bouillard.
Four people, including the mayor of Cholet, had been placed in police custody Tuesday morning as part of an investigation by Angers judicial police on suspect money transfers two associations – including the One is the micro -party of M. Bourdouleix – and two real estate companies (SCI).
“Part of the sums would have emerged to different accounts, including the personal account of Gilles Bourdouleix,” said the Angers prosecutor. “This file mainly revolves around a check for 45,000 euros paid on its personal account” by an association which corresponds to the micro-party of the mayor of Cholet “and which allowed him to reimburse a loan,” said Eric Bouillard.
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Investigations continue concerning other sums of lesser importance, for total damage which would be around 50,000 to 60,000 euros, according to the prosecutor. There would have been no attempt to hide these funds, made by checks or transfers, but the investigators wonder about their justification, he said, indicating that Gilles Bourdouleix had “partially recognized the facts” .
The prosecutor asked for the indictment of the mayor of Cholet for breach of trust, abuse of corporate goods and concealment of activities. He also asked for the indictment of his wife for concealment of these abuses, and those of his ex-deputy ex-owner, Michel Champion, and Benoît Martin, former municipal councilor and current partner of Mr. Bourdouleix within a cabinet of lawyers, for complicity. He also asked for the placement under judicial supervision of these four suspects. The latter were referred Wednesday evening before an Angers investigating judge.
Michel Champion and Benoît Martin were indicted by the head of “complicity of breach of trust”, and placed under judicial supervision, added Mr. Bouillard. The wife is targeted by a request for prosecution of the prosecution and targeted by concealments.
There would have been no attempt to hide these transfer transfers, made by checks or transfers, but the investigators wonder about their justification, he said, explaining that Gilles Bourdouleix had “partially recognized The facts “.
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Mayor of Cholet since 1995, Gilles Bourdouleix, 62, had already been placed in police custody in January 2022. Three preliminary investigations, entrusted to the judicial police of Angers, were opened in 2021 concerning the town hall de Cholet for concussion, illegal taking of interest, offenses to the regulations on arms as well as false and use of false. The Director General of Services and the Deputy Managing Director had also been placed in police custody at the same time as the mayor.