The money laundering trial of Saïd Chabane and the real-fake agents in Bobigny resumed this Friday morning, with the requisitions of the public prosecutor, lasting almost two hours. In a serious and severe tone, true to himself since the opening of the hearing on Monday, the representative of the public prosecutor called for an eighteen-month suspended prison sentence against Saïd Chabane, owner and former president of Angers-SCO.
Concerning Jalal Benalla and Abdelkader K., scouts with unclear borders, the prosecutor requested, for each of them, two years in prison, one of which was suspended and an adjustment for the firm part, as well as a definitive ban on practicing the profession of sports agent and a ban from management for three years.
As for Lasana K., the approved agent, a sentence of two years in prison, one of which was suspended and adjustment of the firm part, as well as a ban on practicing his profession and management for three years were required. .
Finally, for Abdelkader C., fifth and final defendant, a fine of 5,000 euros and a definitive ban on acting as an agent were requested.
“Trials do not fall from the sky. Nor are they the result of some fantasies springing from the imagination of the judicial authority.
The prosecutor
The prosecutor also requested the confiscation of the assets seized from the legal entities, namely JB Sport King (around 308,000 euros), AK Sport Consulting (an apartment worth around 150,000 euros) and Sport Total Consulting (around 60,000 euros). ).
“Trials do not fall from the sky,” pointed out the prosecutor. Nor are they the result of some fantasies springing from the imagination of the judicial authority. In criminal matters, they are the result of an observation, in most often improbable circumstances. The observation that, in our society, individuals or companies have crossed the red line of the basic rules of social life. »
And to unfold his argument: “We understood that they had an almost stunned vision of what was happening to them. Like the rabbit caught in the headlights. They do not understand what is happening to them and have tried by all means to get out of it. And now the dream is smashing against the wall of reality. »
The prosecutor notably targeted Abdelkader K., author according to him of “statements of abysmal vacuity” and “inconsistent in substance”, and Jalal Benalla, “the debonair giant, who started with great ease and then, ‘total collapse…’. “They let themselves be caught in the mirage of easy money. »
