Senior French civil servant faces probe over luxury goods firm LVMH 'spying' affair

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Pierre Lieutaud, a prefect, works in a senior role at the Ministry of the Interior and has a long background in French intelligence. Mediapart has discovered that this top-level public servant has been formally placed under investigation in the case involving alleged “spying” by the luxury goods group LVMH. Fabrice Arfi reports.

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A senior civil servant working at France's Ministry of the Interior has been formally placed under investigation in connection with allegations of “spying” by leading luxury goods firm LVMH, Mediapart understands.