Overview
- Patrick Balkany has been summoned on February 20 before the Nanterre criminal court for a scheduling hearing that will set the trial date on détournement de fonds publics.
- Investigators allege he used municipal police as personal chauffeurs and municipal vehicles for private purposes between 2010 and 2015.
- A second case, sent to court by direct citation, concerns an ex–city official who allegedly kept receiving pay after retirement for about €300,000, with both matters to be scheduled the same day.
- The Nanterre prosecutor’s office ordered a non-lieu on suspected illegal interest-taking and money-laundering counts, while Balkany’s lawyers vow to contest the remaining accusations and criticize procedural delays.
- A court recently granted him conditional release to serve the last 18 months of his 2023 sentence at home, a decision under appeal, as he continues to exert influence over Levallois-Perret’s 2026 municipal race.