An investigation has been opened into potentially fraudulent payments made by France and Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappe to five police officers assigned to protect the French national football team, the public prosecutor’s office told AFP on Thursday. 

The probe comes after a tip-off from the French finance ministry’s anti-money laundering unit, which reported ‘unusual financial transactions’ benefitting the five police officers. 

“Investigations, which are by their very nature complex in the case of financial transactions, are underway in order to establish whether any criminal offences have been committed,” the public prosecutor’s office said.