In France, for a week, Orpea, the leader in France of retirement homes, has been accused of mistreating its elderly residents to maximize its profitability. His affairs are not going to get better after the latest revelations from the weekly The chained Duck this Wednesday, February 2.
At the origin of these accusations: the book by journalist Victor Castanet, The Gravediggers. Following its release, the company’s CEO was fired.
This Wednesday, the satirical newspaper The chained Duck revealed that he sold his shares in the company right after learning about the preparation of the book. This new information does not help Orpea.
Nearly 600,000 euros is the sum pocketed by Yves Le Masne, thanks to the sale of all his shares within the group.
In the summer of 2021, he had received on his desk the questions of the author of the book at the origin of the revelations of abuse. He did not respond to it, but three weeks later he sold all his shares. Today, the Orpea share is worth three times less.
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The Minister responsible for Autonomy, Brigitte Bourguignon, was with our colleagues from LCI. For her, this information arouses a little more disgust… Again… if need be “. ” And then I find that it shows a certain cynicism! This CEO had been there for 28 years. So you can clearly see that we are at the heart of a system. »
System that she intends to fight with two investigations. One: financial, to find out how public money is used by Orpea. The other: sanitary, to check the accusations of abuse.
Tuesday, Brigitte Bourguignon received the new CEO and the general manager of the group. They deny the charges: I explained to them that they might have shareholders to reassure, but I have to reassure people. Residents, families who are worried and professionals who have suffered a lot from these techniques. »
Techniques and abuse, denounced several times over the past five years.
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