In his indictment, whose “world” has learned, the Paris prosecutor’s office denounces breach of trust and violations of professional secrecy on the part of the former intelligence boss.
by Yves BORDENAVE
A sacred cast consisting of former police officers, former prefects and a former magistrate with the main star the former intelligence boss should be found before the judges of Paris in the coming months. In a 233 -page long indictment, dated December 23, 2022, of which MO12345lemonde became aware, the Paris prosecutor’s office requests the referral to the Criminal Court of Eleven people, including Bernard Squarcini, Central Director of Internal Intelligence (DCRI, Ancestor of the DGSI) from 2008 to 2012 and then at the head of Kyrnos, an economic intelligence consulting company. The case aims for facts of “trafficking in influence”, “false in public writing”, “concealment”, “violation of professional secrecy and education”, committed between 2008 and 2016.
Justice suspect Bernard Squarcini for having taken advantage of his position within the DCRI for confidential information for the benefit of the luxury group LVMH. The judicial file opened in 2016 has four components, separate from each other. Two concern suspected offenses while everyone nicknamed the “Squale”, in reference to its ability to swim in troubled waters, directed the DCRI.
Between December 9 and 19, 2008, the high hierarchy of the DCRI orders its zonal management of Marseille to carry out an investigation in order to identify a person who engages in blackmail against Bernard Arnault, number one of the LVMH group . For this mission which consists in particular in monitoring the comings and goings of a suspect in an Aix-en-Provence cybercafé (Bouches-du-Rhône), total discretion is recommended.
everything happens Orally
No written trace: neither order nor white note of epistolary report. Everything happens orally. Questioned by investigators as part of the judicial information in September 2018, Bernard Squarcini thus justifies these investigations: “One day I am called by Pierre Godé [number two of LVMH at the time] which tells me to need urgency urgently And in a confidential way of an aid that can provide him with service. (…) He tells me that the holding company is the subject of an unidentified destabilization action, threats, blackmail. “And to ensure that by acting In this way, he had not deviated from respecting his prerogatives. These are to protect the national economic heritage and business leaders listed in CAC 40, he said in substance. A version that the accusation rejects. She criticizes Mr. Squarcini “for having diverted the means and staff of the DCRI in violation of the provisions of article 314-1 of the penal code”.
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