French prosecutors have revealed that Israeli Prime Minister Bejamin Netanyahu has a “shady” relationship with an infamous fraudster known to authorities as the “brain” behind one of the biggest frauds in European history. Arnaud Mimran, a friend of Netanyahu’s, has been accused of stealing up to 1.6 billion euros in a fraud case often referred to as “the scam of the century”. Presstv.com reports: The report said that since the early 2000s, the Mimran family has loaned Netanyahu, then Israel’s finance minister, a spacious apartment on Avenue Victor Hugo, in the heart of Paris’ 16th Arrondissement. Mimran is free on a bail of 100,000 euros after spending 10 months in jail awaiting indictment on charges including extortion in a different case. The trial of Mimran, who denies all of the allegations against him, will begin in Paris on May 2. Police are also probing his possible involvement in other cases, including the mysterious murder of his ex-wife’s billionaire father Claude Dray. This week, Mediapart journalist Fabrice Arfi published the photograph of Mimran relaxing with Netanyahu on the French Riviera. In a series of articles slated to be published over the coming weeks, whose details were shared with Haaretz, Mediapart will [...]