Arlette Ricci, 73 years old, heiress to the fashion house Nina Ricci, was sentenced to three years in prison, two of which were suspended, and one million euro fine for tax evasion by the court Paris. Arlette Ricci, who was not present at the Monday verdict, was spotted on the famous lists “Falciani” identifying undeclared accounts of customers of the Swiss subsidiary of the bank HSBC , stolen by an employee of the institution and forwarded to the French authorities. The judgment was rated “warning” by the defense.
“It was explained one of his lawyers Jean-Marc Fedida, conducting a most exemplary trial possible with a head Gondola most conspicuous and most brilliant as possible: a warning here in respect of all those – they think (the government .NDLR) – have fraudulent accounts abroad, to come forward to the neck make with their tax collector. ”
The defense is likely to appeal the court decision.
The court Arlette Ricci deliberately concealed the French tax authorities for more than 20 years, nearly 19 million – a sum that it disputes – on Swiss accounts she had inherited on the death of his father. The French tax authorities is claiming otherwise over EUR 10 million under the income tax.
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