MoDem deputy François Pupponi was fined 5,000 euros for abusive spending using the bank card of a public company.
The MoDem deputy François Pupponi, former socialist mayor of Sarcelles (Val-d’Oise), was sentenced on Wednesday to a fine of 5,000 euros for excessive spending of 27,000 euros between 2004 and 2006 made using the bank card of a public company. The Pontoise court condemned him for facts “of abuse of corporate assets, forgery and use of forgery”, said the prosecution on Thursday, confirming information from “Parisian” and “Mediapart”.
The deputy was accused of having used for personal purposes the credit card of SEM Chaleur, the company responsible for heating 40,000 Sarcellois, while he was president. According to “Le Parisien”, he is accused of withdrawals and notes from restaurants and hotels, in Paris or in the provinces, for more than 27,000 euros.
The prosecution had requested a six-month suspended prison sentence and a fine of 20,000 euros. The court retained the statute of limitations for the period from January to June 29, 2004 and condemned him for the remainder to a fine of 5,000 euros.
“May justice be served to the end”
Contacted, François Pupponi had not responded to calls from AFP at the end of the morning.
The mayor of Sarcelles (PS) Patrick Haddad took “note of this decision without commenting on it”, in a press release but is “satisfied” that the SEM heat, 60% owned by the city, “is officially recognized as a victim of abuse of social good on behalf of François Pupponi at the time when he chaired it “. Patrick Haddad adds that “other troubled elements appear in the past management of this SEM, so that we will continue to use all the legal means at our disposal so that the light is shed and that justice is served until at the end”.
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