Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot targeted by investigation for embezzlement of public funds

Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot targeted by investigation for embezzlement of public funds
Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot targeted by investigation for embezzlement of public funds

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The Minister of Transport, Philippe Tabarot, is the target of an investigation for embezzlement of public funds.

The Minister of Transport Philippe Tabarot is the subject of a preliminary investigation for embezzlement of public funds and illegal taking of interests following a report from the High Authority for the Transparency of Public Life (HATVP) in July 2021, indicated Monday a judicial source, confirming information from Monde.

This investigation, also opened for concealment of these two offenses by the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF), concerns the positions occupied by Philippe Tabarot within the tourist and cultural public interest group (GIP) then in communication for the municipality of Cannet (Alpes-Maritimes) between 2018 and 2020, a town led at the time by his sister, LR MP Michèle Tabarot.

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More information to follow.

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