While he was already representing 20 victims in these two cases, he was looking to expand his client portfolio.
Who benefits from scandal ? Since the beginning of the year, health scandals have hit major brands in the food industry hard. To start with Buitoniwhose, whose frozen pizzas contaminated with E.coli bacteria, also killed 2 people. But also more kindthat, in the middle of Easterfaced a massive recall of chocolates contaminated with salmonella.
So what is attorney Me Richard Legrand doing in these stories? Well, a report sent to the Paris Bar on 5 September accuses him of fraudulently searching clients. With a very elaborate process.
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“Twenty customers”
According to BFM TV, “the lawyer, who already has about twenty clients in these two proceedings, would therefore have tried to expand his file”. Me Legrand would first have created fake Facebook accounts to pretend to be fake victims in real dedicated discussion groups. Me Legrand would later encourage other victims to contact him to defend their interests, according to information from France Info.
It is the council of the Paris order that conducts the investigation. If no judicial investigation has been initiated, the penalties can range from classification without following to an irradiation through a reprimand.
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