The Frenchman was charged with being an accessory to the fraudwhich is being alleged by a Middle Eastern businessman in a West African court,according to the BBC.

Le Floch-Prigent was extradited from Ivory Coast to Togo onSaturday as he prepared to fly to France. He was taken to a court in Togo’scapital Lome on Monday evening and charged along with former Togolese interior ministerPascal Bodjona and local businessman Bertin Sow Agba.

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