Judicial information has been opened against the Lyon real estate developer Alila, specializing in social housing, we learned on Monday from the Lyon prosecutor’s office.
The investigation, opened last October, targets acts of moral harassment and abuse of corporate assets, according to the prosecution, which confirms information from France 3. The judicial information for moral harassment would have been opened following several visits by inspectors work on the company’s premises in recent months, according to France 3.
Searches are carried out at the headquarters of Alila as well as at the home of Hervé Legros, president of the company. He was placed in police custody as well as his wife, we confirm after information from the daily Le Progrès.
Seized documents
According to our colleagues, a large police force was present in front of the company’s headquarters, located in the sixth arrondissement of the “capital of Gaul”, this Monday afternoon and documents were seized in the offices.
Hervé Legros, who describes himself as a self-taught entrepreneur, created the company in 2007. Seven years later, the group specializing in assisted housing has expanded its activity to intermediate housing, according to its website. The group now has several agencies in France, in Île-de-France, Aquitaine, Brittany, Pays-de-la-Loire and in Strasbourg for the east of France.