IMF head Lagarde probed for embezzlement—prosecutor

PARIS—A French court ordered a probe for embezzlement and other fraud-related charges against IMF head Christine Lagarde dating to her time as France’s finance minister, a prosecutor said Thursday.

The prosecutor specified the charges after the court ordered magistrates to investigate Lagarde’s role in settling a financial dispute. She has denied any wrongdoing and her lawyer has branded the case politically motivated.