Macronist deputy Karl Olive sentenced to eight months in prison for illegal appropriation of interests

The deputy (Together for the Republic) of Yvelines and former mayor of Poissy Karl Olive was sentenced on Monday, November 18, to eight months in prison for illegally charging interest during his municipal mandate, the Versailles judicial court announced in a statement. In the process, Mr. Olive announced his intention to appeal.

The elected official was found guilty of having “committed acts of illegal taking of interests by participating in the recruitment” of the son of the former deputy general director of Poissy services as director of youth and sports of the city “under conditions based on an agreement that allows freedom with respect to the rules of appointment of the public service”according to the court’s press release.

The former councilor also attributed the father “staff accommodation for which the rate was undervalued”the court also believes. The latter and his son were found guilty and sentenced to suspended prison sentences of four and six months.

“Form of nepotism”

During the hearing on September 24, the prosecutor denounced “a form of nepotism by Mr. Olive condemned by the rules of the territorial public service” motivated by “bonds of friendship” spoke with his co-defendants. “I have always considered that there were no doubts about what the financial department, the HR department or the legal department proposed” ask, argued Karl Olive, who claims to have simply done ” trust “ to your team.

The Yvelines deputy criticized this ruling in a statement sent to AFP, alleging that these decisions had been “voted in the municipal council like thousands of others”. “Ten years of procedure for two decisions made two months after my election as mayor in 2014 and relating to two agents. “No personal enrichment, no misappropriation of public funds.”declared.