The investigating judge of the economic and financial judicial center has decided to extend the pre -trial detention of a lawyer prosecuted in the case of the case involving the businessman Youssef Mimouni by four months.
Open last year, the survey concerns Youssef Mimouni, several lawyers, legal experts and bailiffs. It relates to controversial financial transactions with a public bank as well as on legal and administrative disputes between the two parties.
The file led to several deposit warrants, notably against Mimouni, his wife, their son, a employee of a private airline and a customs agent. The charges relate to the constitution of assets abroad without the authorization of the Central Bank and to attempts to transfer illegal capital.
A sprawling investigation
On September 1, the sixth correctional chamber bis from the Tunis court of first instance rejected the request for release filed by Youssef Mimouni and five other defendants. All will remain in detention until their next appearance scheduled for next week, September 25.
This case is not the first implying the businessman. On May 5, Mimouni was sentenced to two years in prison by the criminal chamber specializing in financial corruption affairs. He and another defendant were accused of having abused their functions to obtain industrial advantages to the detriment of public administration, in a case linked to the maritime public domain.
In November 2024, Mimouni, one of his relatives and several executives from a public bank, including a former director general, had also been targeted by a warrant in a case of suspicion of irregular bank loans.
