Jurisdiction · France

Financial conduct records — France

2 documented case files are recorded in France. Every entry summarises material already published by a court, prosecutor, regulator or established news organisation, and links to that source.

French records involve the ACPR sanctions commission and the AMF, with criminal matters heard by the Tribunal correctionnel de Paris and reviewed by the Cour de cassation.

Case files in this group

Ref.MatterJurisdictionAuthorityAroseLast decisionStatus
FR-2019-01Paris court convicts UBS over cross-border client solicitation; higher courts revise the penalty

UBS AG / UBS France

FranceTribunal correctionnel de Paris / Cour de cassation20 February 201915 November 2023Conviction confirmed; penalty reassessed
FR-2022-01ACPR sanctions decisions against French institutions for anti-money-laundering shortcomings

French credit institutions — ACPR sanctions register

FranceACPR Commission des sanctions1 January 202231 December 2024Decisions published

Individuals recorded in this group

Vincent Bolloré — Industrialist and financier, France — register entry photographFrance

Court record

Vincent Bolloré

Industrialist and financier

Accepted a negotiated settlement in France in 2021 in a corruption case concerning African port concessions

Bernard Tapie — Businessman, former Adidas shareholder, France — register entry photographFrance

Court record

Bernard Tapie

Businessman, former Adidas shareholder

Tried over the arbitration award paid from public funds in the Crédit Lyonnais affair; acquitted in 2019, with an appeal by prosecutors

Stéphanie Gibaud — Former UBS France marketing manager; discloser, France — register entry photographFrance

Discloser

Stéphanie Gibaud

Former UBS France marketing manager; discloser

Testified for the French authorities in the UBS France cross-border solicitation case; awarded protection as a whistleblower

Jérôme Cahuzac — Former French budget minister, France — register entry photographFrance

Court record

Jérôme Cahuzac

Former French budget minister

Convicted of tax fraud and money laundering over undeclared Swiss and Singapore accounts; sentence confirmed on appeal in 2018

Jérôme Kerviel — Former trader, Société Générale, France — register entry photographFrance

Court record

Jérôme Kerviel

Former trader, Société Générale

Convicted by French courts in 2010 over unauthorised index-futures positions; a 2014 appeal reduced the sentence

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