Actor Gérard Depardieu has been under investigation for aggravated tax fraud and money laundering since February 2024.
He is also suspected of falsely declaring residency in Belgium from 2013, according to information confirmed by sources close to the case, as well as French news agency AFP, citing reports by Mediapart, Le Soir, and De Standaard.
Searches and interviews took place in mid-February 2025 in Paris, Maine-et-Loire, and Belgium, as part of an investigation launched by the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office and entrusted to the judicial police.
According to local media Notélé, several searches were conducted on 11 February in two locations linked to Depardieu’s purported Belgian residence in Wallonie Picarde.
Depardieu moved to Néchin, in the Estaimpuis area, in 2012. Reports from Le Soir suggest he left this location in 2021.
