A new audience takes place on Monday. At the helm, Jean Badache, 70, main defendant, accompanied by his wife Viviane, 68, and their son Benjamin. This de facto commercial director and 13 other people including a lawyer and three notaries, and a company are prosecuted for scams in an organized gang, false and use of false and laundering in organized gang. They would have collected around one billion euros on the sale of more than 5,000 goods to 762 victims. These are represented by 110 lawyers in this large scam dating back to 2008.
During the 15 years of survey and instruction, more than 7.5 million euros were seized in France, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Morocco, reports The Parisian. Four properties were also seized in France and one in Morocco, as well as luxury objects. The defendants face ten years’ imprisonment and a million euros fine. The company Apollonia, based in Aix-en-Provence and specializing in the Real estate council in tax exemption, risks up to five million euros fine. This company was created in the mid -years 2,000 by Jean Badache, his wife (real estate agent) and his son.
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The defendants have managed to convince individuals – doctors, dentists and paramedical professions – to subscribe to self -funded real estate investment projects. With falsified documents, they obtained real estate credits from the banks. Except that “the promised self -financing was only a mirage”, summarizes the judge’s order. The clientele finds himself heavily indebted.
During this fifth week of audiences, Badache is put on the hot seat. “I admit that I bought a lot of jewelry from my wife, they were seized even those she was carrying on her,” he said before describing her way of working for a long time. “If we are condemned, I am well aware that we will not give us nothing and that we will be left grated like a Christmas turkey,” added the one who is prosecuted for “scam in organized gang”, “False: fraudulent alteration of truth in a writing”, “Use of false writing” and “aggravated whitening”.
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The main defendant has incriminated the victims for a long time. “These people did not engage in light,” he continued, denying any “harassment or aggressive canvassing”, insisting on the role of customers today civil parties. “They did not ask questions including months later to sign proxies. I address people who have a level of education that is not that of a bone or a maneuver in a company, but to people who have 7 to 10 years of study, they are not illiterate. They can say yes or no! »»
Words caused the annoyance of Jean Imbert, vice-president of the association of victims. “There is no lack of cheek or imagination. He lies a lot or he is totally incompetent. Is being a good salesperson authorizes you to take advantage of the naivety or the confidence that investors have entrusted to you, to send the files to several banks by hiding that other loans are requested, “he denounced. “We have heard testimonies of salespeople and Apollonia staff, we know that he is lying. He was the one who was at the head of everything, he was driving and everyone had a finger on the seam of the pants. »»
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The trial will continue until June 6.
