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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8464

17 May 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/commission/fraud
Opening up of legal information in Paris on embezzlement of unds involving Eurostat directors

Brussels, 16/05/2003 (Agence Europe) - On 4 April the Paris prosecution service opened up a legal investigation involving possible embezzlement of funds, implicating Eurostat Director General, Yves Franchet and a director from one of the six Eurostat departments, Daniel Byk, according to revelations in the British Financial Times on Friday. This legal enquiry opened into X for "possession and complicity in the abuse of trust", follows the sending of a report from the European Anti-Fraud...

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