The French financial police searched the Parisian home of the director general of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde, as part of the Bernard Tapie investigation. The news was reported by Lagarde's lawyer, Yves Repiquet, who declared that "These searches will help exempt my client from any responsibility".
The crime hypothesis that hangs over the number one of the IMF is that of complicity in the diversion of public funds and forgery. The investigation, opened in 2011, refers to the legal dispute relating to the sale, which took place in 1993, of Adidas, then controlled by Tapie. The matter, in 2007, was settled through private arbitration by Lagarde, at the time Minister of the Economy.
The search of the Parisian home of the IMF director general follows those of the homes of Tapie and Stéphane Richard. Lagarde denied all accusations and categorically ruled out the resignation hypothesis.
