Air France CEO Summoned In Security Firm Probe

Air France Chief Executive Jean-Cyril Spinetta will be summoned next week before a judge who is investigating suspected misappropriation of funds at a security firm that worked with the airline, his lawyer said on Wednesday.

The lawyer, Jean-Pierre Versini-Campinchi, said Spinetta denied any role in the affair.

Air France declined to comment on the matter.

The founder of Pretory, the security firm in the case, has been placed under official investigation for possible illegal employment, aggravated money-laundering and fraud.

Pretory clinched a contract with Air France to provide private security agents for the airline's flights after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.

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