Djibril Cissé sentenced to 8-month suspended prison sentence for misuse of corporate assets
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According to information from L'Équipe, the former footballer Djibril Cissé has received an eight-month suspended prison sentence and a €20,000 fine for the misuse of corporate assets and the omission of accounting entries from the Bastia Criminal Court.
The Bastia Criminal Court reportedly also provided Cissé an additional sentence depriving him of the right to stand for election for the next three years. However, the former Olympique de Marseille and Sunderland player was acquitted of charges of tax fraud and the laundering of tax fraud.
A simplified joint stock company (SAS) was at the heart of the trial according to the French news service. The company was placed into receivership in 2020, however, the associated current account remained in a debit of €550,000 which according to the prosecution, constituted the misuse of corporate assets.
In response to the court's verdict clearing him of tax fraud, Cissé stated, "I have always said that I did not defraud the tax authorities and the courts have ruled in my favour." The former footballer's lawyers informed that they would not be appealing the decision of the court.,
