Colossal telephone bills, a deputy mayor targeted by an investigation in Oise

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Deputy Mayor of Compiègnein Oise, Oumar Ba is the subject of a report to the justice system by the association Anticor for phone bills which reached colossal sums between November 2020 and June 2022, according to The Parisian.

The delegate for integration, respect for diversity and the Clos des Roses district would have spent no less than 14 777,99 euros. Largely to be able to use the Internet from abroad.

A campaign in Africa in 2022

A sum paid by the taxpayer since the City of Compiègne takes charge of the telephone activities of certain elected officials.

This amount would have started to climb when the elected official was a candidate for legislative elections from June 2022 in the 9^e constituency of French people abroad (Maghreb and West Africa), where he visited.

Eliminated in the first round, he had collected 0.50% of the votes under the various center label, before being declared ineligible for a period of three years, in March 2023.

Open investigation

Philippe Marini, assures that a “ progressive repayment with deduction at source” takes place each month, so that the deputy reimburses the City.

A preliminary investigation was opened by the Compiègne public prosecutor's office for “embezzlement of public funds”.

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