Climategate: CO2 fraudsters sentenced in France, linked to Israel

[Timothy_Fitzpatrick]

Thursday, 12 January 2012 23:04

The four accomplices Fabrice Sakoun were also punished: Haroun Cohen, who has taken refuge in Israel, has been sentenced to four years in prison and one million euro fine, Elie Baloukas to 30 months imprisonment of which six month suspended sentence and a fine of 100,000 euros, David Illouz to three years in prison and 100,000 euro fine and Sid Foudil to one year in prison...

Moreover, Justice confiscated the Aston Martin and Fabrice Sakoun boat, and many buildings belonging to Haroun Cohen.
She also confiscated some 13 million placed in accounts in Israel by two men, considered by the court as "the main beneficiaries of the designers (...) and fraudulent transactions."...

During the procedure, Fabrice Sakoun did not hesitate to state to investigators that "CO2" was the "Lady Gaga in the business", in other words a lucrative jackpot.

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