The premises of the Nice Côte d’Azur metropolis were not the only ones to be visited this Thursday. As part of the judicial investigation opened for “influence peddling, organized fraud, misuse of corporate and forged assets and use of forgery” around the Iconic real estate project, private homes, business premises and offices several elected officials were searched, according to information from 20 minutes.
The National Jurisdiction in charge of the fight against organized crime (Junalco) would seek in particular to know if the consultation organized for the land transfer of the plot where the 19,000 m2 of this complex are under construction was not marred by irregularities. . And, according to Nice morning, at least three deputies of Christian Estrosi were affected by these additional searches. “The members of the jury responded to the requests made by the investigators in this context of their investigation”, simply confirmed a spokesperson for the town hall to 20 minutes.
Other searches in Paris and in the Var
The Paris prosecutor’s office also clarified to 20 minutes that searches had also taken place “at the homes of four natural persons in Paris, in the Alpes Maritimes and the Var, at the headquarters of two companies in Paris and in the Alpes-Maritimes and at the regional premises of a Parisian company, also in the Alpes-Maritimes.
The consultation targeted by the survey, and for which four teams had been pre-selected, had finally been won by La Compagnie de Phalsbourg and Fondimmo. The Iconic complex, which will include shops, offices, gyms and the first Hilton hotel on the Côte d’Azur, is due to open in the spring of 2023, more than two years behind schedule. A delay attributed in particular to the health crisis linked to the Covid-19 pandemic.