PARIS (Reuters) - French magistrates placed the wife of conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon under formal investigation on Tuesday over allegations she was paid hundreds of thousands of euros of public funds for work she did not do, a judicial source said.
British-born Penelope Fillon will be investigated on suspicion of complicity in misappropriating public funds, the source said.
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