Among them, a student lost 25,000 euros while a retiree swallowed 4,000 euros there, intended to offer vacation to his children. The latter’s daughter was also cheated up to 3,000 euros.
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An immediate arrest
For the court, the guilt of the four instigators is established. The defendants receive five years in prison each, including two farms for two of them. The third has a total suspended stay of five years, while the last, installed abroad and absent at the hearing, is sentenced to five years in prison, accompanied by an immediate arrest warrant.
At the same time, a couple of Romanians, involved in the money laundering, is sentenced to three years in prison suspended. The man, with a massive build, served as a “stupid”, intimidating anyone who was trying to oppose fraud.
The court also pronounced large fines: 80,000 euros for four of the defendants, 40,000 euros for the Romanian, and 24,000 euros for his partner, all accompanied by a stay.
Jet-set internationale
It was on the component of confiscations that the court was the firmer, by pronouncing the seizure of 3 million euros, corresponding to the profits generated by the scam.
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This vast fraud had enabled its authors to lead a high train from the international jet set. At one point, tensions had broken out within the group, going so far as to priced the head of the Montois, accused of having drawn from the common fund.
The victims should be compensated up to their investments. Moral damage of 500 euros is granted to each of them.
