Thursday, August 4, 2011

Christine Lagarde faces investigation

French court ordered a probe on Thursday into Christine Lagarde,International Monetary Fund chief, her possible involvement in a possible corruption scheme when she was the French finance minister, BFM TV reported.Christine Lagarde will be investigated for approving a 285-million-euro payout to businessman Bernard Tapie, a friend of President Nicolas Sarkozy, in a 2008 settlement on his claim to a state-owned bank.

Christine Lagarde,replaced Dominique Strauss-Kahn as IMF managing director in July, has denied any wrongdoing.Christine said she would not resign as IMF managing director.Media-agencies

1 comment:

Henry Colson said...

Just think if these media agencies did not check into all these corruption claims none of the government departments would either

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