Police searched the property of a former senior official from the European Investment Bank as part of an investigation into alleged corruption, which also involves the lender’s ex-president, Werner Hoyer.
Former EIB employee Henry von Blumenthal is the second person to be investigated by EU prosecutors as part of an inquiry into allegations of corruption and abuse of influence, as well as the alleged misappropriation of EU funds, his lawyer confirmed to POLITICO.
The EIB was rocked on Monday by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office’s (EPPO) graft probe.