The little merry-go-round lasted between 2013 and 2019. For six years, a 53-year-old woman, personal assistance from Michel Jonasz, in which the singer, now 75, had full confidence, embezzled money by disguising the artist’s accounts. She signed checks or sent transfers for the sum of €398,000, explains The Parisian.
A double salary and trips
Monday, September 26, she was sentenced by the Paris Criminal Court to 18 months in prison suspended for breach of trust and money laundering. Hired in 2004 as a secretary, she quickly proved to be indispensable and began to manage the artist’s accounts even though she had no accounting skills.
With the embezzled money, she was able to double her salary but also afford several trips to New York, Prague, Copenhagen, Malta…
Michel Jonasz “understanding”
By discovering the pot of roses, Michel Jonasz would have been understanding without being aware of the sums embezzled. It must be said that his accountant was supposed to take a look at the artist’s accounts once a year…
According to the defendant, it was she who ended up relieving her conscience by confessing her faults to the artist. According to the court, it would be another assistant to Michel Jonasz, intrigued by accounting mistakes, who would have alerted the singer. The defendant will have to repay the €400,000 and her stay may be revoked if she does not do so.
