An astronomical sum. A former soldier who became an accounting officer working in several high schools and colleges in Seine-Saint-Denis is suspected of fraud. The facts with which he is accused allegedly occurred between 2017 and 2024, a period during which the official is suspected of having embezzled 650,000 euros from the accounts of educational establishments whose expenditure he supervised, according to information from the Parisian.
When consulting the accounts of the François Rabelais hotel school in Dugny in February 2024, the director noticed unjustified purchases. However, they were validated by the accused and paid with the establishment’s money. She then decided to warn the rectorate, who informed the financial prosecutor of Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis). Investigators were quick to identify the suspect, who was suspended and later revoked.
In court in November
Those responsible for the investigations estimated that the former accountant misappropriated funds in eight middle and high schools in the department. This father of two children, divorced and aged 54, acknowledged the facts, while minimizing them. He will be prosecuted for “breach of trust” and will appear before the Bobigny criminal court next November. A 24-year-old woman will be tried for “concealment of breach of trust” in the same case.
In addition, the suspect allegedly committed these embezzlements to finance a lifestyle that he could not afford. In particular, he allegedly had romantic relationships with women living in Ivory Coast and Mali. The fifty-year-old would have increased his trips to these countries. The gifts sent to his companions would have reached a value of 80,000 euros. He also increased luxury car rentals and purchases of high-tech equipment. The former army commissioner, now heavily in debt, has also taken out multiple consumer loans.
