French presidential hopeful Francois Fillon and his British-born wife Penelope will be indicted for fraud this week
62-year-olds under investigation for range of charges including embezzlement
Mrs Fillon has been fighting to prove she was parliamentary attaché for decades
Indictment of the couple could prove fatal to politician’s presidential campaign
By PETER ALLEN
DailyMail.com
12 February 2017
French presidential hopeful Francois Fillon and his British-born wife Penelope will be indicted for fraud this week and could be sent for criminal trial immediately.
The 62-year-olds are currently under investigation for a range of charges including embezzlement after helping themselves to hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of taxpayers’ cash by setting up a series of allegedly fake jobs.
Mrs Fillon, a solicitor’s daughter from Wales, has been ‘fighting tooth and nail’ to prove she was secretly a high-powered parliamentary attaché and literary consultant for decades.
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