Penelope Fillon was paid as a full-time aide although she never set foot in the National Assembly
Paris — Former French prime minister Francois Fillon and his wife, Penelope, were found guilty of embezzling more than €1m for a fake job she held as a parliamentary aide lasting about a decade.
Francois Fillon “contributed to erosion of the trust that citizens place in those they elect”, Gavarino said. He breached the duties of “probity” and “exemplariness” that are required of a French prime minister and MP, she said. After his defeat, Fillon quit politics and within months was named senior partner at French money manager Tikehau Capital.
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