Opera finance chief gets three years for embezzlement

Opera finance chief gets three years for embezzlement

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norman lebrecht

January 08, 2016

Corinne Auguin, former head of finance at the Opéra de Bordeaux, has been sent to jail for five years, two suspended, for milking 2.27 million Euros from the company’s accounts over a period of ten years.

Her husband was sentenced to three years, one suspended. Both have been ordered to repay the stolen funds.

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Comments

  • Brian Walsh says:
    January 8, 2016 at 7:08 pm

    WOW!!!

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  • Theodore McGuiver says:
    January 9, 2016 at 8:54 am

    Maybe Juppé needs to be seen to be strong with the LR primaries coming up…

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