Bettencourt recordings evoke Swiss accounts
Posted by adminAdvertising on Mediapart, illegal recordings of Liliane Bettencourt and its asset manager, Patrice de Maistre, have not finished splashing the heir to L'Oreal. Besides the suspicion of interventions Labour Minister Eric Woerth for Liliane Bettencourt, the records reveal the existence of two bank accounts based in Switzerland, which houses are owned by Liliane Bettencourt, amounting to nearly 80 million.
"I'm leaving in Switzerland just now to fix things. He does not let you be caught before Christmas, "says the richest woman in France Patrice de Maistre. The asset manager refers to the agreement on taxes in the summer of 2009 between France and Switzerland that the Swiss authorities should lift banking secrecy in cases of suspected fraud in a French taxpayer.It was originally scheduled to come into force on 1 January 2010.
To protect itself from a tax audit, Patrice de Maistre therefore plans to transfer to an account, funded to the tune of "12 to 13 million euros" in Singapore "in Singapore because they can not ask" . The same for the second account, an amount, this time, 65 million euros. "I'm planning the fact of sending in a country other than Switzerland: Hong Kong, Singapore and Uruguay advance online payday. That way you'll be quiet. [...] Many people now bring money in France, but for you, I do not believe it, "says he.
An island paradise unreported
These two accounts are not the only treasures hidden heir to L'Oreal mentioned by recordings made at the initiative of his butler.Liliane Bettencourt also owns an entire island of Seychelles, informally offered the photographer François-Marie Banier through a foundation. "I also considered the fact that you declare your island to France, then explains Patrice de Maistre. But again, I think that we should not do it because it's too complicated. I fear that the tax takes a thread.
Counsel for Mr Kiejman Liliane Bettencourt, who also filed a complaint for invasion of privacy, theft and perjury, preferred not to comment Friday on the content of such records. "On the one hand, I do not exclude that they have been tampered with.And secondly, I do not wish to comment on records obtained illegally and are therefore of a criminal nature, "today said the AFP Mr Kiejman.
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