A man who became involved in the election 'corruption' that French billionaire industrialist and senator Serge Dassault admitted to in a secretly-taped conversation has given Mediapart details of how the system worked. 'Athman' – not his real name – is a 32-year-old inhabitant from Dassault's political stronghold of Corbeil-Essonnes, south of Paris, who claims he “sampled” the money paid out by the senator during local elections to “incite” electors to vote for him.
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