Former French international footballer Djibril Cissé was tried in his absence on Wednesday for laundering tax fraud in Bastia, where a one-year suspended prison sentence and a €100,000 fine were requested. The judgment will be delivered on November 13 by the Bastia Criminal Court. The 43-year-old former player is suspected in particular of laundering tax fraud, misuse of corporate assets and omission of accounting entries. The Bastia prosecutor, Jean-Philippe Navarre, requested acquittal for the tax fraud initially targeted by the proceedings. A simplified single-member joint-stock company (SASU) domiciled in Furiani (Haute-Corse), the place of residence in Corsica of the former Sporting Club de Bastia striker, is in the crosshairs. While the company was placed in receivership in 2020, the associated current account remained in debit of 550,000 euros, which constitutes, according to the prosecution, abuse of corporate assets. The investigation considers that he did not declare this sum to the tax authorities, which characterizes a laundering of tax fraud: ” He transferred money to his bank accounts “, the prosecutor said.
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