Overview
- Bobigny’s criminal court found Bernard Bajolet guilty of complicity in attempted extortion and arbitrary deprivation of liberty tied to a 2016 encounter at Roissy.
- The court imposed a one-year suspended sentence, exceeding prosecutors’ request, and ruled the conviction will not appear on his criminal record given his service.
- Defense attorney Mario Stasi said Bajolet will appeal, maintaining his client committed no wrongdoing.
- The court ordered €25,000 to Alain Dumenil, including €15,000 for sufferings, and condemned methods it called shocking and contrary to the rule of law.
- Investigators said two unidentified DGSE agents demanded that Dumenil repay €15 million over early-2000s losses from a secret state fund, with secrecy rules limiting disclosures about the operation.