Former Secretary of State Thierry Mandon appeals his conviction | EUROtoday

Former Socialist Secretary of State Thierry Mandon, sentenced to at least one 12 months in jail and a fantastic of twenty-two,000 euros for fraud, “appeals his conviction”Agence France-Presse realized on Thursday, November 21, from its lawyer.

The Ministry of the Economy and Finance additionally specified that Thierry Mandon, convicted in his former function as common director of the Cité du design in Saint-Etienne (Loire) from 2018 to 2022, “resigned on November 15 from his position as secretary general of the National Commerce Council”which confirms data from the specialised media LSA.

“Human resources arrangements are being determined and implemented”provides Bercy about this physique created in 2023 by the federal government on the mannequin of the National Industry Council “so that traders can be better involved in the policies that concern them”.

Financial crimes

Secretary of State beneath the presidency of François Hollande, Thierry Mandon, 66, was discovered responsible final week by the Saint-Etienne prison courtroom of “scams”, “attempted misappropriation of public property by a trustee of public authority”, “forgery and use of forged documents” and “misuse of corporate assets”.

At the listening to, he admitted his guilt to the monetary crimes with which he was accused throughout the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 for a complete quantity of twenty-two,000 euros, when he was each common director of the Cité du design of Saint-Etienne and president of its industrial subsidiary, SAS Cité Services.

The bills focused by the courtroom involved work at his private house, practice journeys reimbursed twice and a visit to China in the end not made because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mr. Mandon’s conviction is accompanied by 5 years of ineligibility and a everlasting ban from chairing or directing a public institution. “The entire sentence imposed is immediately enforceable”had specified the president of the courtroom.

The defendant’s lawyer, André Buffard, thought-about “severe” the sentence imposed to the extent that all the embezzled sums had been reimbursed by his shopper earlier than the report made in November 2022 by the president of the Cité du design, Marc Chassaubéné, additionally deputy for tradition of Saint-Etienne.