He had been sentenced in 2017 to two years in prison, including one with reprieve, in this case of diversion of public funds as he was Cabinet director of Nicolas Sarkozy at the Ministry of the Interior.
Le Monde with AFP
Claude Gueant was incarcerated Monday, December 13 in the morning at the health prison, pursuant to his condemnation in 2017 in the case of liquid bonuses of the Ministry of the Interior, announced his lawyer, Philippe Planz El Ghozi, confirming LCI information.
The former Grand Clerk of the State, 76, had been sentenced to two years of imprisonment, one year ago on appeal in January 2017. In early November, the Paris Court of Appeal revoked a part of His reprieve and parole, believing that Mr. Guéant did not realize the necessary payments to pay the fine and the damage and interests he had been inflict.