On Tuesday June 6, 2023, the director of Emmaüs Tarn-et-Garonne, as well as his deputy, were summoned to the Castelsarrasin research brigade to be heard while in police custody. A hearing which follows the investigation carried out by the gendarmes on the disappearance of a sum of approximately 60,000 euros from the accounts of the association.
Tuesday June 6, it is the turn of the president of the Emmaüs Tarn-et-Garonne association and his deputy to be heard by the gendarmerie, as part of an investigation aimed at clarifying the disappearance of more than 57,000 euros on the accounts of the association.
It all started two years ago, when a new chartered accountant, just hired by the Emmaüs 82 office, noticed the disappearance of this considerable sum. “As of now, we still don’t know what happened. underlines Gérard Gineste, president of the association of the department, whom we contacted. It might as well be a mistake. At the time, not everything was computerized. »
Following this surprising discovery, the expert opened an investigation with the Tarn-et-Garonne prosecutor’s office. Gérard Gineste, he lodges a complaint for breach of trust against X, with the gendarmerie of Moissac (Tarn-et-Garonne). Then a preliminary investigation is opened by the prosecution, in order to confirm the evidence of a possible fraud and money laundering.
For the moment placed in police custody, the two men, as well as their wives, could be prosecuted by the prosecution for “scam” et “money laundering“. According to information from our colleagues from the Dépêche du Midi, the research brigade in charge of the investigation would have found several thousand euros in the homes of the interviewees, during searches, whose presence must be justified.
“I have complete confidence in them, reiterates Gérard Gineste for his part. I can’t imagine for a second that they could have embezzled that money.”
After these hearings, the public prosecutor will make his decision whether or not to prosecute the members of Emmaus interviewed. Contacted at the time of publication of this article, the prosecution was not available to answer our questions.
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