French consumer fraud watchdog DGCCRF has searched the offices of energy companies, including those of giants Eni and Engie, as part of an anti-competition probe into France’s retail electricity and gas market, Reuters reported on Monday. DGCCRF said in a statement today that 73 of its agents had carried out on June 27 simultaneous raids at the premises of 13 companies, two energy firms and 11 subcontracting companies, without revealing the name of any of the companies involved. France’s Engie confirmed that it was under investigation by the DGCCRF watchdog, a unit of the French finance ministry, and would fully cooperate, while Eni told Reuters that it had no immediate comment on the issue. The DGCCRF consumer fraud regulator said that it had been receiving for months complaints from customers that energy firms were using misleading practices in signing up customers and persuading them to switch their supplier without […]