The glitzy, murky world of man accused of vast French carbon trading fraud
He has been on good terms with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, played poker regularly with well-known French singer and actor Patrick Bruel and is close friends with a champion French boxer. But French businessman Arnaud Mimran is now accused of being one of the organisers of the 'hold-up of the century' - a carbon trading scam that in total cost French taxpayers 1.6 billion euros. He is also suspected of having organised the kidnapping of a wealthy Swiss financier, while his name has been cited in connection with several unsolved murders. Fabrice Arfi reports.
AsAs far as the French justice system is concerned, Arnaud Mimran is one of the “organisers” of what has been dubbed the hold-up of the century: the massive carbon trading fraud that cost French taxpayers around 1.6 billion euros in 2008 and 2009. The French businessman is suspected, too, of being behind the kidnapping of a Swiss financier in 2015 in a bid to extort 2.2 million dollars. The 44-year-old poker player's name has also been cited in connection with several unsolved murders, including that of his former father-in-law.
