Lucien D’Onofrio again worried by justice! According to our colleagues at RTBF, a judicial investigation for money laundering targeting the former leader of Standard was opened by the federal prosecutor’s office two years ago. Between 2014 and 2018, Lucien D’Onofrio allegedly received more than 9.5 million euros from suspicious foreign sources on two Belgian accounts. Part of these funds would have been laundered in watches and luxury vehicles, a Van Gogh, real estate, on the stock market and in various Liège companies.
But it is above all 4.5 million euros of unknown origin, paid from Switzerland and Portugal to the private account of Lucien D’Onofrio, which raises questions. From the examination carried out by the unit, there appear to be serious indications of money laundering originating from organized crime.
The latter also concludes its report in a rather strong manner: “From the examination carried out by the unit, there are serious indications of money laundering from organized crime. »
Clues so serious that the CTIF, the Financial Information Processing Unit, transmitted to the federal prosecutor Frédéric Van Leeuw, in March 2019. The federal prosecutor’s office then opened a judicial investigation, then put the file to the instruction. The home of Lucien D’Onofrio was searched last year and the investigation is still ongoing because many transactions pinned by the CTIF have yet to be verified.
