Overview
- The singer was placed under formal investigation Friday on suspicion of aggravated money laundering and related organized‑crime offenses, then released under court supervision with bail, travel limits and no‑contact orders.
- Two professional associates were also placed under formal investigation in the same case, according to the national organized‑crime prosecutor’s office.
- He was arrested Wednesday by judicial customs officers at Paris Charles‑de‑Gaulle airport and questioned under extended custody at the national anti‑fraud office in Ivry‑sur‑Seine.
- Investigators are examining the Sunset Village project in Marrakech and corporate circuits linked to Horizon Development for suspected VAT fraud, false invoices and cross‑border laundering, first detailed by Africa Intelligence and confirmed by AFP and judicial sources.
- The inquiry opened in June 2023 and run by three Paris investigating judges has already produced 15 formal investigations with five people in custody, and prosecutors stress the probe continues and that Gims is presumed innocent.