Serge Dassault, French UMP (Union for a Popular Movement) political party member and Chairman and CEO of Dassault Group, poses before the French jet maker Dassault Aviation's 2013 annual results presentation in Saint Cloud near Paris March 13, 2014. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
PARIS (Reuters) - French tycoon and politician Serge Dassault was placed under formal investigation on Thursday over his alleged role in a vote-rigging scandal in the Paris suburb where he formerly served as the centre-right mayor for 14 years.
Dassault is the head of family-owned Groupe Dassault Holding, which controls assets ranging from aeronautics group Dassault Aviation to the right-leaning Le Figaro newspaper, as well as stakes in several major defence firms.
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