Edmond
Americannoun
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a town in central Oklahoma.
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Also Edmund. a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich, happy” and “protection.”
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Police searched Swiss bank Edmond de Rothschild’s Paris offices as part of an investigation into a former diplomat linked to Jeffrey Epstein.
PARIS—Police searched the offices of Swiss bank Edmond de Rothschild as part of an investigation into a French diplomat who used to work at the bank and was an associate of Jeffrey Epstein.
The raids took place Friday at Edmond de Rothschild’s offices in central Paris and a number of other locations, said Pascal Prache, the French financial prosecutor.
Aidan, a longtime diplomat, was seconded to the United Nations from 2006 to 2013 and then worked for Edmond de Rothschild until 2016, when the bank dismissed him, and he returned to the French foreign ministry.
A spokesman for Edmond de Rothschild said it is fully cooperating with the French probe, and that the bank had launched an internal investigation as soon as suspicions emerged about the former employee.
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