He's no longer behind bars, but for how long? Marco Mouly, figure in the giant “carbon tax” scam, was released on Saturday November 2, 2024, according to information from Parisian confirmed by a judicial sourceAgence France-Presse (AFP), this Friday, November 8.
He had been incarcerated since March at the Santé prison in Paris, after the partial revocation of a 2019 conviction.
Sentenced to three years in prison in 2019
The 59-year-old man, nicknamed “the king of fraud”, is released from prison “following a ruling by the sentencing chamber dated October 29”specified the same source.
Mardoché Mouly, known as Marco Mouly, was sentenced in 2019 to three years in prison, accompanied in particular by the obligation to prove employment or training. Failing to respect the conditions of his probationary suspension, his suspended prison sentence was partially revoked.
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In another case, “Marco the Elegant”, his other nickname due to his lavish lifestyle, appeared on September 25 in Paris, for fraud and fraudulent organization of his insolvency.
He is notably accused of having reduced his copyright in publishing contracts, or even concealing income within the framework of an influencer contract.
Four years in prison required against him
The prosecution requested four years in prison against him as well as a permanent ban on managing a company, specifying that he would have voluntarily avoided obtaining “income that can be seized”in order to prevent the repayment of his legal debts. The Paris criminal court will deliver its judgment on Tuesday, November 12.
At the end of June 2017, Marco Mouly was sentenced on appeal to eight years' imprisonment as well as one million euros in damages in the so-called “carbon tax” affair, a vast VAT fraud on the market. rights to pollute.
He was also ordered jointly, with the other defendants, to pay a fine of more than 283 million euros to the French state.
