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From the usually supportive Telegraph.

Nigel Farage’s partner ‘embroiled in Brussels fraud investigation’

Nigel Farage’s partner has allegedly been caught up in an investigation into allegations of fraud at a Eurosceptic group she ran in Brussels.

Laure Ferrari served as executive director of the Institute for Direct Democracy in Europe (IDDE), a think tank, until it was forced into liquidation.

The European Commission anti-fraud unit has spent years investigating the organisation and a connected parliamentary group, of which Ukip was the biggest party, before handing the case on to local law enforcement.

Chamber 69 of the tribunal de première instance, a Brussels court specialising in financial crime, is due to hand down its judgment on Nov 5, the Times reports.

Ann Lukowiak, a spokesman for the federal prosecutor, said it would be a “final judgment where appeal will be possible”.

The investigation relates to a time when Ms Ferrari was officially registered as the “day-to-day manager” of the group, according to corporate filings seen by the Times.

The newspaper reports that as a result of auditors’ reports, and a referral by EU parliamentary authorities, the European Commission’s anti-fraud office, Olaf, launched an investigation.

The IDDE was forced into liquidation in 2017, but inquiries continued into “serious irregularities”.

Telegraph article: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...a3d63eaf&ei=11

Original Times article: https://archive.ph/0VWFo