Sources close to the case have reported that Thomas Fabius, son of the Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, was heard Friday by a Paris investigating judge for a possible indictment in connection with an investigation forgery, fraud and money laundering. A judicial inquiry was opened in 2013 to clarify significant movements of funds that could have passed through the accounts of Thomas Fabius, regular client casinos.
The magistrates of the financial hub are also interested in the acquisition in 2012 of an apartment of about 300 square meters, located Boulevard Saint-Germain in the heart of Paris, for seven million euros, a transaction that was the subject of a report to the anti-money laundering cell Bercy, Tracfin. Thomas Fabius had been placed noon in custody in mid-December as part of this survey.
Precedents with the law
The son of the Foreign Minister, at this custody mid-December, had assured that the property had been “partly funded by gains from the game and in part by a bank loan,” according to a source familiar with the matter. The investigation started in late 2011 by a complaint from the Societe Generale, which accused him of having published a fake email while he was in Morocco.
“According to the complaint, email was allegedly written by his bank advisor and gave the impression to a Moroccan casino Thomas Fabius would soon be the recipient of EUR 200 000, “according to a source close to the investigation. Thomas Fabius has already been in trouble with the law. It is particularly targeted by an arrest warrant issued by the prosecutor in late October of Nevada in the United States. He is accused of having written in 2012 wooden checks totaling more than $ 3.5 million (€ 3.2 million) in several Las Vegas casinos.
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