June 19 2016
Nineteen people working for the biggest donor to the Conservative Party have been arrested in France in connection with a multi-million pounds tax and money laundering scandal. All are linked to Lycamobile, the multinational telecoms giant, which has given at least £2.2m to Prime Minister David Cameron’s party since 2011, including half-a-million last year alone.
Lycamobile also allowed Boris Johnson to use one of their call centres during his successful 2012 campaign to become Mayor of London. They specifically relate to alleged illicit transactions of 13 million pounds, but the French authorities believe the figure could be far higher.