Jean-Marie Messier, the former head of the French media company Vivendi Universal, was taken into police custody on Monday in connection with an investigation into company operations under his management, the French police said.
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Messier was summoned by investigators to the headquarters of the French financial police in Paris for questioning. He has not been charged with any crime. Prosecutors are investigating whether French stock-market rules were violated when Vivendi Universal purchased 21 million of its own shares - worth about E1 billion, or $1.2 billion - after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States.
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The prosecutors' move is the latest in a series of setbacks for Messier, who was forced out as Vivendi chief in July 2002 after overseeing an acquisition spree that left the company saddled with debt and short of cash.
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Vivendi declined to comment on the matter. Messier's lawyer, Olivier Metzner, issued a statement, saying, "Mr. Messier went to this hearing with a certain number of documents he believes may help provide detailed and precise responses to investigators' questions."
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The hearing, which Metzner called "a normal step in the ongoing process," came after Messier himself asked to be placed under investigation "in order to explain his position and better defend his former colleagues," he said.
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Messier challenged prosecutors in March to include him in an investigation of alleged stock-price manipulation in connection with repurchases of company shares. The purchases, in the autumn of 2001, exceeded volumes formally authorized by French trading rules.
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In recent weeks, two judges, Henri Pons and René Cros, have been investigating the activities of Vivendi's financial management team in 2001-2002.
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Three former Vivendi officials, including the former financial director, Guillaume Hannezo, have been placed under judicial investigation.
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Hannezo faces charges of insider trading, involvement in stock-market manipulation and putting out false information in connection with the sale of Vivendi shares in December 2001, just before a fall in their prices. Messier may now face questioning by investigators ahead of an appearance before Pons and Cros.
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"He is being held by the financial brigade on the instructions of Judge Henri Pons," a judicial source said. (Reuters, AFP) The financial brigade is the branch of the police specializing in white-collar crime. PARIS Jean-Marie Messier, the former head of the French media company Vivendi Universal, was taken into police custody on Monday in connection with an investigation into company operations under his management, the French police said.
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Messier was summoned by investigators to the headquarters of the French financial police in Paris for questioning. He has not been charged with any crime. Prosecutors are investigating whether French stock-market rules were violated when Vivendi Universal purchased 21 million of its own shares - worth about E1 billion, or $1.2 billion - after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States.
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The prosecutors' move is the latest in a series of setbacks for Messier, who was forced out as Vivendi chief in July 2002 after overseeing an acquisition spree that left the company saddled with debt and short of cash.
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Vivendi declined to comment on the matter. Messier's lawyer, Olivier Metzner, issued a statement, saying, "Mr. Messier went to this hearing with a certain number of documents he believes may help provide detailed and precise responses to investigators' questions."
.
The hearing, which Metzner called "a normal step in the ongoing process," came after Messier himself asked to be placed under investigation "in order to explain his position and better defend his former colleagues," he said.
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Messier challenged prosecutors in March to include him in an investigation of alleged stock-price manipulation in connection with repurchases of company shares. The purchases, in the autumn of 2001, exceeded volumes formally authorized by French trading rules.
.
In recent weeks, two judges, Henri Pons and René Cros, have been investigating the activities of Vivendi's financial management team in 2001-2002.
.
Three former Vivendi officials, including the former financial director, Guillaume Hannezo, have been placed under judicial investigation.
.
Hannezo faces charges of insider trading, involvement in stock-market manipulation and putting out false information in connection with the sale of Vivendi shares in December 2001, just before a fall in their prices. Messier may now face questioning by investigators ahead of an appearance before Pons and Cros.
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"He is being held by the financial brigade on the instructions of Judge Henri Pons," a judicial source said. (Reuters, AFP) The financial brigade is the branch of the police specializing in white-collar crime. PARIS Jean-Marie Messier, the former head of the French media company Vivendi Universal, was taken into police custody on Monday in connection with an investigation into company operations under his management, the French police said.
.
Messier was summoned by investigators to the headquarters of the French financial police in Paris for questioning. He has not been charged with any crime. Prosecutors are investigating whether French stock-market rules were violated when Vivendi Universal purchased 21 million of its own shares - worth about E1 billion, or $1.2 billion - after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States.
.
The prosecutors' move is the latest in a series of setbacks for Messier, who was forced out as Vivendi chief in July 2002 after overseeing an acquisition spree that left the company saddled with debt and short of cash.
.
Vivendi declined to comment on the matter. Messier's lawyer, Olivier Metzner, issued a statement, saying, "Mr. Messier went to this hearing with a certain number of documents he believes may help provide detailed and precise responses to investigators' questions."
.
The hearing, which Metzner called "a normal step in the ongoing process," came after Messier himself asked to be placed under investigation "in order to explain his position and better defend his former colleagues," he said.
.
Messier challenged prosecutors in March to include him in an investigation of alleged stock-price manipulation in connection with repurchases of company shares. The purchases, in the autumn of 2001, exceeded volumes formally authorized by French trading rules.
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In recent weeks, two judges, Henri Pons and René Cros, have been investigating the activities of Vivendi's financial management team in 2001-2002.
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