L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt sells island paradise for £60m

Now she has sold them for £60 million, she has agreed to pay some £8 million
of unpaid taxes to the Seychelles government as part of the sale.

As well as the unpaid charges dating back to 1998, she also agreed to pay some
£10 million in tax on the latest sale.

Despite the serious allegations levelled against her, Mrs Bettencourt has not
faced any criminal charges.

The massive profit she has just made on Arros will lead to greater pressure on
Mr Sarkozy, whose Paris home was raided by police a month ago, together with
two offices linked to him.

Mr Sarkozy and his third wife, the former supermodel Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, were
on holiday in Canada when detectives arrived, and have not been seen since.

Judge Jean-Michel Gentil believes that Mrs Bettencourt may have illegally
contributed two payments of 400,000 euros (£335,000) each to Sarkozy’s 2007
election campaign.

Both were traced to Swiss accounts, and one was allegedly received by Mr
Sarkozy in person in Paris.

Mr Sarkozy is also facing allegations that he profited from illegal arms sales
to Pakistan, and that he accepted millions from former Libyan dictator
Muammar Gaddafi.

Mr Sarkozy denies all the charges, with his lawyer Thierry Herzog saying the
searches of his home and two lawyers offices linked to him would “find
nothing”.

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