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Tue 07 Jul 2010Police question L'Oréal billionaire over tax evasion allegations
THE L’ORÉAL heiress Liliane Bettencourt has been questioned by police about alleged tax evasion as investigations continue into a scandal that has left the French government badly shaken.
Ms Bettencourt (87), whose €16 billion fortune makes her France’s richest woman, interrupted a holiday at her Spanish villa on Sunday to return to her home in the Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine, where she was questioned for more than two hours yesterday.
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