Alexandre Juving-Brunet is suspected of having created an illegal currency and of having stolen several thousand euros. Toulonnais, a former presidential candidate, was indicted for “organized fraud” and placed in pre-trial detention.
hoped”resurrect a spirit of resistance“,”save France” or “offer the French an instrument of exchange independent of political control“, under the terms of the website created for the promotion of your new currency, “The Free Franc”.
The Toulonnais Alexandre Juving-Brunet, former captain of the gendarmerie and candidate for the 2022 presidential elections, was indicted for “organized gang scam“indicates the parquet of Toulon (Var), confirming information from our colleagues from Blue France.
Its website “Le Franc Libre” promotes a new currency where 1 Franc Libre = 1 Euro. Since July, users can order coins and banknotes with the effigy of Clovis, Joan of Arc, Napoleon or even De Gaulle…. They could also download an application that allows them to make online payments using this new currency.
With a promise : that of a “free franc” soon indexed to the price of gold or silver, which would replace the euro.
The practices of Alexandre Juving-Brunet, figure of the Var conspiracy theorist, known for his participation in the anti-vaccine movement in 2021, ended up alerting the Banque de France. The man he would not have received no license to issue currency.
end of september, the Toulon public prosecutor’s office was then seized by the prudential supervisory authority of the Banque de Franceto pour “facts ofillegal activity of electronic money issuer“, “La provision of payment banking services on a regular basis by a person other than a credit institution“And”the unauthorized circulation of money in order to replace the legal tender“indicates the public prosecutor of Toulon, Samuel Finielz.
What looks like “inventor, patriot and former captain of the Saint-Cyrien gendarmerie“, it was finally arrested and charged on Thursday 24 November for these three offences, as well as for “organized gang scam“.
According to our colleagues from Blue France, more than 4,000 people reportedly signed up for his projectby placing an order on its website. Subscriptions equal to 1.3 million eurosaccording to the Toulon prosecutor’s office.
According to the investigations carried out by the judicial police of Toulon, “a significant part of this sum may have been used for personal purposes“, specifies the prosecution. Facts that the defendant disputes.
Alexandre Juving-Brunet, however, recognizes the materiality of the facts. He says he has “he likely exhibited administrative negligence in the abusive establishment of such banking business“.
Investigations continue to identify possible accomplices.
Alexandre Juving-Brunet has been detained since Friday in the prison of La Farlède. He did appeal against his pre-trial detention.
