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French police detain Benoît Puga over Legion nominations cash payments
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- French police took former Grand Chancellery Benoît Puga into custody on September 22.
- Investigators probe alleged meals, holidays and cash payoffs for Legion of Honour nominations 2016-2023.
- Police examine a claimed ‘friendly’ link between Puga and late Senator Jean-Pierre Bansard, whose homes and offices were searched.
- Police questioned Puga’s wife, a restaurant owner and a Grand Chancellery member.
- Julien Renault denied offering €50,000-€150,000 cash transfers after Russian Aleksandr Voinovskii named him.