Gérard Depardieu targeted by investigation for aggravated tax fraud

By Le Figaro with AFP

Published on February 24 at 3:17 p.m. , updated on February 24 at 3:32 p.m.

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Since February 2024, the actor has been the subject of an investigation for aggravated tax fraud and money laundering. He is suspected of having fictitiously domiciled in Belgium.

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Actor Gérard Depardieu has been the target of an investigation since February 2024 for aggravated tax fraud and money laundering, suspected of having fictitiously domiciled in Belgium since 2013, we learned on Monday from sources close to the case and the judiciary, confirming information from Mediapart.

Searches and hearings took place in mid-February 2025 in Paris, Maine-et-Loire and Belgium, as part of this investigation opened by the National Financial Prosecutor's Office and entrusted to the judicial police, said the source close to the case.

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