The sentencing judge on Friday revoked the suspended sentence enjoyed by Marco Mouly, one of the figures in the giant VAT scam on the carbon market, who could therefore soon be incarcerated.
In a decision revealed by
Mediapart
, the judge considered that several obligations set for this protagonist of
the “scam of the century”
at the time of one of his convictions, pronounced in 2019, had not been respected.
Concerning that of working, the person concerned held
“a fictitious job”
as a community manager, according to the judge, and
“he provided the justice system with false pay slips, against the backdrop of a well-oiled organization”
.
At the same time, he indicated during an audition that he was working on a second book and had landed a leading role in a film which should be shot soon.
Marco Mouly, known as
“Marco the Elegant”
, did not pay the fine in full either, the judge noting a balance of 11,569 euros on a fine of 15,000 euros.
He also owes very large sums in connection with his other convictions, all cases combined, it is noted in the decision.
Partial revocation
Consequently, the judge orders the partial revocation for 18 months of the three-year prison sentence pronounced in April 2019 by the Paris Court of Appeal for fraud carried out by an organized gang during 1998 and 1999. This sentence of three years in prison was suspended for a period of three years.
The expiration date of the probation period was set for January 20, 2024. His lawyer, Maître Philippe Ohayon, indicated that he had appealed this decision,
“unfair, illegal and unjust”
according to him.
“Could the prosecution have the elegance to let the court of appeal have the last word in this matter rather than creating a climate of terror for the payment of a fine?”
, did he declare.
At the end of June 2017, Marco Mouly, as well as Arnaud Mimran, had already been sentenced on appeal to eight years of imprisonment and a fine of one million euros in the so-called “
carbon tax”
affair , a vast carbon fraud. VAT on the market for pollution rights.
With the other main defendants in the case, they were ordered to pay 283 million euros in damages to the State.
Marco Mouly, born in May 1965, was placed on semi-release in April 2020.