Cyril Astruc
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Cyril Astruc, born the 3rd of May 1973 at Mantes-La-Jolie, alias Alex Khann, is a French-Israeli businessman, insurances-agent and especially known for being inducted in missing-trader fraud scheme.[1]
Inducted in several frauds in France and England, he is condemned to three years of prison in 2003 before runaway. He is mostly known for his role in the missing-trader fraud induction on the carbon quotas taxes in 2008, and is suspected to have embezzled over €100 millions.[2]
French justice and Interpol released a Red notice targeting him. He was living between Israël and United States of America until his arrest in 2014. His trial starts in 2017, he is present for it until he left abroad, just before it's condemnation. He is searched by international police since.
Fraud on carbon quotas
[edit]Between November 2008 and June 2009 happens the fraud scheme on the carbon quotas tax. Cyril Astruc is strongly suspected to have been involved in it, a report of 2012 investigation even arguing that he is nicknamed as "alive legend" of the fraud.[3] The entire fraud cost is about EUR 1.6B for France, and up to 6 billions on the European scale.
References
[edit]- ^ "Alex Khann, l'homme qui valait 100 millions". L'Express (in French). 2014-09-01. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ^ Bensoussan, David (2017-05-29). "Cyril Astruc, une légende des escroqueries à la barre". Challenges (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ^ "La traque en France et en Israël des escrocs du marché du carbone". HuffPost. 2014-02-11. Retrieved 2024-12-13.