The former trader Jerome Kerviel is considered “cleared” by the testimony of the police commander in charge of the investigation into the loss of 4.9 billion euros of Societe Generale.
The general director of this bank, Frédéric Oudéa, he said Tuesday the revelations made Sunday by Mediapart not bring “any new fact”, and spoke of a “instrumentalisation” of the file. It excludes the questioning of the tax relief of $ 1.7 billion of which his group had benefited because of this case.
The testimony of the former investigator, for whom “the hierarchy of Jerome Kerviel could not ignore the position (he had) taken,” had “a real resonance” among the former trader. “For me, I’m white,” he said Tuesday in an interview with RTL. The investigator, Nathalie Roy, had, he said, “tremendous courage. I can not thank her enough. “. He called on “people of the judiciary having the same doubts that the police commissioner to testify.”
Today, the former employee of Société Générale asks “a new trial ( …) that all elements are clearly discussed. I want a fair trial, something I have not had “to date. He seized last week, the Hearing Committee of the Court of revision and review of criminal convictions, first step towards the possible cancellation of his sentence to five years of imprisonment, of which three farm, and be held a new trial.
Released on September 9 after 112 days of detention, Jerome Kerviel today makes the balance of the sentence under electronic bracelet. He said Tuesday that this bracelet would be withdrawn on June 26
A “instrumentalisation” of the file
The Director General Societe Generale, Frederic Oudea said Tuesday that Mediapart article on the Kerviel affair brought “no new developments.” He regretted that more was the date of publication. “This is obviously not a coincidence, this year the General Assembly is used by some as a sounding board,” said he has during this annual meeting. Frédéric Oudéa was the CEO of the bank until the eve of the General Assembly where the leadership was divided with the arrival of Lorenzo Bini Smaghi to the presidency of the group, Oudéa retaining senior management.
“We are clear about the exploitation that is made by some of the case,” he continued. “This weekend, therefore, an information website has published an article questioning the Company’s general and myself in passing for the first time and in a totally wacky and whimsical on the basis of information which we do not have this information dissemination can raise, if any, of the violation of the confidentiality of investigations, “said the boss.
The boss of Societe Generale rejected any questioning of the tax relief of $ 1.7 billion of which his group had benefited in 2008, . after a call to reopen the tax file of the bank by a senator Tuesday
Asked by the regional environmental councilor Julien Bayou, at the General Assembly of the group in Paris, Frederic Oudéa said: “Today, no refund claim because there is no legitimacy in the law. ” In tax matters, we are, yet I hope, in a rule of law, “he added.
PS Senator Marie-Noëlle Lienemann on Tuesday demanded the reopening of the tax file Societe Generale, after the publication of new revelations about the Kerviel affair by Mediapart. Questioned by AFP on it, Bercy said that “in this case,” the tax administration “applied the tax case law and taking into account court decisions. “
” It is obvious that if a court decision was taken in the proceedings underway or upcoming procedure and established excessive risk-taking and conscious leaders, the tax administration would have to take this into account and reconsider the tax treatment associated with this loss, “do we have added in the Ministry
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