Overview

• Nice’s tribunal correctionnel sentenced the 36-year-old to five years in prison for defrauding the actor-director of more than €5 million.
• He admitted the facts at the hearing and had a prior fraud conviction in 2019.
• In 2021 he set up a yacht-management front, securing €2.2 million for completion, upkeep and a fictitious Samoa-based insurance, then obtained €4.5 million for a supposed Irish bank placement.
• When repayment was sought in November 2021, investigators found funds moved to Monaco and Singapore and over €400,000 spent on luxury goods, as the defendant claimed remaining money sat in Panama or Pacific islands via complex structures.
• Monaco has opened a money-laundering case and issued an international arrest warrant targeting the defendant and his ex-wife, further complicating asset recovery.