Source: REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
[Saba Sports News] According to French media reports, former French international Djibril Cisse has been charged with illegally transferring funds from a company in judicial liquidation to other bank accounts. Cisse was tried in Bastia on Wednesday local time for suspected tax fraud and money laundering, but he did not appear in court. The court has requested a one-year prison sentence, suspended, along with a fine of €100,000. The verdict from the Bastia criminal court will be officially announced on November 13. The 43-year-old Cisse is suspected of crimes including tax fraud and money laundering, abuse of company assets, and omissions in accounting records. A single-shareholder simplified joint-stock company (SASU) registered in Upper Corsica has become the focus of this investigation. This company is located near Cisse’s residence in Corsica. Although the company was placed in judicial liquidation in 2020, its associated accounts still show liabilities of €550,000, which according to allegations constitutes abuse of company assets. Preliminary judicial investigations have determined that Cisse did not declare this amount to tax authorities, constituting tax fraud and money laundering crimes.