Overview
- An investigating judge has opened a judicial inquiry and assigned it to the DCT financial brigade in Toulon.
- Eddie Goujit, 18, was formally investigated and jailed in August on allegations of forgery, identity usurpation, attempted fraud, fraud and theft for acts from 2023 to 2025.
- His lawyer says custody was no longer justified, and his release includes judicial supervision with a ban on leaving the country.
- Media cite 19 presumed victims, with reports that he posed as a confidant of Emmanuel Macron or François Bayrou, or as ex-mayor Hubert Falco’s grandson, to secure free hotel stays, restaurant meals and promise fictitious subsidies.
- Goujit thanked supporters on Instagram and pledged a video response, while his lawyer told TF1 he regrets his actions and acknowledges elements of the case.