In a procedure initiated within the framework of the "Dubai papers", a woman was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison suspended and 1.75 million euros fine for laundering tax fraud.

After revelations about a vast scheme of tax evasion, a 60-year-old, unemployed woman admitted her guilt at a "appearance on prior admission of guilt" (CRPC) hearing and accepted the sentence, which had been proposed with the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF). This sentence, of two years of suspended imprisonment and a fine of 1.75 million euros, was approved by the court. This is one of the largest fines approved during a CRPC. Following the revelations about the "Dubai papers", a leak of 200,000 files, memos, emails, letters and faxes, the PNF opened a preliminary investigation on February 22, 2019 for aggravated laundering of tax evasion. In France, L'Obs had revealed in September 2018 the "offshore money laundering system in the United Arab Emirates" organized via the Helin group with "200 clients recruited by co-optation: Russian oligarchs, sportsmen, large fortunes, aristocrats and French business leaders.