Ex-Vivendi Execs Face Trial on Stock Manipulation Charges

Ex-Vivendi Execs Face Trial on Stock Manipulation Charges

Published: October 22, 2009 @ 5:14 pm
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By Financial Times

Jean-Marie Messier and Edgar Bronfman Jr., former executives at French media group Vivendi, have been ordered to stand trial by a Paris judge over allegations that include share price manipulation dating back eight years.

Thursday's decision by Jean-Marie d’Huy, the investigating judge, overrules an earlier finding by the Paris prosecutor that there was no case to answer.

Read more in the Financial Times.

Tags: Deal Central, Edgar Bronfman Jr., Jean-Marie Messier, Stock Manipulation, Vivendi
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