Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Search of the Paris offices of Google – The World

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During the search of  the Paris office of Google, Tuesday, May 24

This is one of the largest ever conducted searches in a company in France. Tuesday 24 May, mid-morning, a battalion of investigators raided the Paris headquarters of Google, located 8, rue de Londres, in the 9 th District as part of a preliminary investigation for “aggravated tax fraud ‘ and ” organized gang bleaching aggravated tax fraud. ” This procedure was opened by Justice June 16, 2015, after a complaint from the tax authorities, filed a few days earlier.

Over a hundred men and women were mobilized during this spectacular operation, which seventy-five police officers and judicial tax officers attached to the central fight against corruption and financial and tax offenses. Also present twenty-five IT experts, supervised by five judges of the national financial parquet (PNF). They left the premises of the company that later in the evening, carrying big suitcases of documents. “A device to the stakes and the necessary expertise” , said a judicial source.

At this stage of the criminal investigation, the PNF, in charge since in March 2014, major corruption, tax fraud and market abuse, is cautious and remember that different scenarios are possible (referral to an investigating judge, prosecution, filing …) ….

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