One of France's wealthiest politicians, billionaire Senator Serge Dassault, of Dassault Aviation, is the subject of an investigation into possible criminal conspiracy lawyers said on Monday, reports RFI.
Serge Dassault was Mayor of Corbeil-Essonnes, just south of Paris from 1995 until 2009.
The new charge against Serge Dassault is linked to allegations that he orchestrated a vote-buying operation in the Paris region in 2009.
A man named Fatah Hou claims Dassault conspired to have him arrested in Morocco to keep him away from France.
Last February, Hou survived an assassination attempt which he says was connected to money that Dassault owed for his role in an alleged vote-buying system.
Read more of this report from RFI.