The court of Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis) sentenced, this Thursday, April 7, Théo Luhaka – known to have been injured during a violent arrest in 2017 in Aulnay-sous-Bois – and two of his brothers for fraud. The siblings were found guilty of having used hundreds of thousands of euros in public aid under fictitious assisted contracts.
Théodore Luhaka, “Théo”, and his brothers were not present during the reading of the judgment which found them guilty of having embezzled between 2014 and 2018 this public money paid to associations for the hiring of “employment jobs”. ‘coming”. A flagship device of the Holland five-year term for the integration of disadvantaged young people.
In rendering its decision, the court recalled that the embezzlement represented “almost one million euros. A million euros which should have ended up in the pockets of young people in difficulty, as wages.
Central character of the file, Mickaël Luhaka, 38 years old, big brother of Théo and who presents himself as an entrepreneur, was prosecuted for having set up legal structures, officiating on paper in football or street mediation, in order to reach the fake job subsidies helped.
In reality, employees did not exist or only worked part-time. Public money was largely used for expenses unrelated to the activity, or was transferred to the personal accounts of Mickaël Luhaka’s entourage.
He was sentenced to four years in prison, two of which were suspended, as well as a ban on running a business for ten years. His prison sentence will be arranged under surveillance under an electronic bracelet.
THÉO SENTENCED TO TWELVE MONTHS SUSPENDED SENTENCE
Less involved than his big brother in editing, Théo Luhaka was given a suspended sentence of twelve months in prison and a five-year ban on managing.
The 27-year-old had received tens of thousands of euros in his bank account from subsidized associations. At the trial in mid-February, he maintained the vagueness of his exact role, arguing the lack of “memories”.
The third brother, Grégory, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison, including a year and a half suspended.
Wounded in the rectal area during a violent arrest by police in Aulnay-sous-Bois in 2017, Théo Luhaka will be in court again in a few months, but this time in the victim’s bench.
Three police officers are sent back to the Assize Court for willful violence. The trial could be held in early 2023.