The sanction is heavy for Isabelle Adjani, who pleaded “sincerity” in this case of tax fraud with which she is accused. She who has been on the grill since 2016, when her name appeared in the Panama Papers, as the owner of a company in the British Virgin Islands. And if the tax authorities do not found nothing on this side, Isabelle Adjani has just been fined 250,000 euros, and 2 years in prison suspended for 3 other reasons.
Guilty of 3 counts
First, Isabelle Adjani is found guilty of having fraudulently domiciled in Portugal in 2016 and 2017, and of not having paid all of her taxes in France during this period. We are talking about a gap of 236,000 euros in income tax to be paid in France.
Then, the actress of the “Queen Margot” was found guilty of passing off a donation of two million euros as a loan (made by 2013, Mamadou Diagna NDiaye, Senegalese businessman and member of the International Olympic Committee), in order not to pay 1.2 million of euros in transfer taxes.
Finally, the singer of “Navy sweater” was found guilty of having transferred 120,000 euros via an undeclared American account, from an offshore company, to Portugal. Whitening.
The five-César actress did not come to the Paris judicial court to hear the judgment, nor was she at her trial in Paris on October 20, 2023.
Isabelle Adjani wants to appeal
The national financial prosecutor’s office had requested a suspended prison sentence of 18 months and a fine of 250,000 euros. The prosecutor considered that the accused had “sought, quite systematically, to reduce its taxes between 2013 and 2017 and, instead of legally making savings on its lifestyle […] she chose to illegally save on her taxes”. Atmosphere.
As for the actress’ defense, her lawyer Olivier Pardo announced that she would appeal “with confidence and determination”.
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