Reports from Europe say that Air France-KLM has been placed formally under investigation late last week in a case involving allegations of money laundering and illegal employment practices at a bankrupt security company.
An Air France-KLM lawyer, Jean-René Farthouat, announced that the company was under investigation, a step short of full charges, with the announcement coming two days after the Chairman and Chief Executive, Jean-Cyril Spinetta, was questioned in the case.
Judges are looking into contracts between Air France and Pretory, which supplied security agents to travel undercover on the airline’s planes from 2001 to 2003, when Pretory went bankrupt.
Pretory allegedly paid some of its personnel via companies set up in other countries to avoid paying social and other charges in France.
In addition, €10 million reportedly went missing from the company’s accounts.
Report by The Mole
