“Pandora papers”: an LREM deputy claims to have been the victim of identity theft
LREM deputy and business manager Sylvain Maillard, pinned in the “Pandora papers” for having been linked to a structure in the Seychelles, defended his “integrity” on Tuesday, claiming to have been “victim of identity theft in 2010 ". In its Wednesday edition, the daily Le Monde reveals that the elected official of Paris was the 25% partner of a Seychellois front company for the online sale of "Beyblade" spinning tops imported from Asia, at the fashion in playgrounds a few years ago.
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Mr. Maillard's partner, the only one to have been found at the time, was convicted of counterfeiting and commercial damage in 2014. This partner himself assures Le Monde that he used Mr. Maillard's passport, of which he had a copy, to create the company, without asking its consent. “I was abused and the victim of identity theft in 2010,” insists Mr. Maillard in a press release. "To question my integrity in this way is hurtful and shocking," he adds.
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Bercy has launched checks concerning the presence or not of French tax residents among the people pinned in the "Pandora papers", said Tuesday the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire. The “Pandora papers” revelations, which are based on some 11.9 million documents from 14 financial services companies, uncovered more than 29,000 offshore companies. The opacity surrounding these companies located in countries or territories with very advantageous taxation can be used to conceal financial assets and to defraud the tax administration. According to Le Monde, 600 French people appear in the “Pandora papers” survey.
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