MP Mayer Habib is under investigation for “embezzlement of public funds”.

MP Mayer Habib, linked to the group Les Républicains, is the target of an investigation for “embezzlement of public funds”, we learned on Wednesday, November 30, from the Paris prosecutor’s office, confirming information from BFM-TV.

Office of the 8th Member of Parliament in the National Assembly^e From the same source, we learned that the constituency of French living abroad – which includes, among other things, Israel, Greece and Italy – was searched on Tuesday.

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The central anti-corruption office will be tasked with the investigation in November 2021, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.

According to BFM-TV, investigators suspect irregularities in the remuneration of his parliamentary staff and the investigation is linked to the Tracfin report.

Meyer Habib, close to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, sat in the UDI group in the previous legislature. At this stage, the MP has not responded to Agence France-Presse’s request.