Toulouse: “Monsieur Kleber”, the scammer suspected of being at the head of a criminal organization is indicted and imprisoned
François Bonnaventure known as “Monsieur Kleber”, 62, has just been indicted. This repeat offender was arrested in Perpignan after a long hunt by the gendarmes. His scams have claimed hundreds of victims.
Sentenced for financial fraud and suspected of having committed new ones throughout France, Mr. Kléber was indicted and imprisoned.
As revealed by the Dépêche du Midi on Tuesday, this man and four others were apprehended on Monday by the gendarmerie, in Boulou, Perpignan and Bourges. For months, the 62-year-old man had been tracked by the Celtif (Cell against illegal work and fraud) and the Toulouse research section. “The principal author, notoriously known by Justice, was under the scope of an arrest warrant for a prison sentence of 6 years. He was arrested as he was preparing to cross the French border -Spanish to continue its actions there.He had set up a vast system of placement of employees in the middle of the traditional restoration through functional structures like temporary agencies.He diverted the social charges, employer and a part more or less significant of the wages employed” specifies the Gendarmerie Region of Occitanie.
A second indictment
The damage of the scam set up by this criminal organization would exceed one million euros. The Regional Intervention Group (GIR) has recovered thousands of euros in criminal assets. “€39,000 and two vehicles were also seized by Toulouse investigators,” adds the Gendarmerie Region. Mr. Kléber is not the only indicted in this case since an accomplice was also presented before an investigating judge.
And the investigations led by the specialized interregional jurisdiction (JIRS) of Bordeaux are not over.