The High Authority for the Transparency of Public Life reveals that the ex-minister “had been alerted in 2021 (…) of the strong undervaluation of his main residence”.
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The High Authority for the Transparency of Public Life (HATVP) announced, Tuesday, November 29, to seize justice concerning the declaration of assets of the now ex-minister delegated to local authorities, Caroline Cayeux, suspecting a possible “evaluation false of his heritage “and a susceptible” tax fraud “.
“At the end of the in -depth control of the declarations of Mrs. Caroline Cayeux, former minister delegate in charge of local authorities, the High Authority for the Transparency of Public Life has decided to inform the public prosecutor of facts likely to Characterizing criminal offenses “, explains the administrative authority in a press release published at the end of the afternoon.
Ms. Cayeux announced her resignation from the government on Monday, before the publication of her asset declaration, highlighting a disagreement with the HATVP which estimated that it was “undervalued”. A sufficiently sensitive affair for the two heads of the executive asked, without any hesitation, from the former mayor of Beauvais to withdraw from the government.
alerted “from 2021” of a “Strong undervaluation”
In its press release published on Tuesday, the HATVP advances “that the declaration of the heritage situation of Madame Cayeux included major minorations of the value of her property, of the order of 2,400,000 euros for her main residence located in Paris and 1,500,000 euros for a house located in Ille-et-Vilaine, a reduction of about half of the overall value of these two goods “.
“or Madame Cayeux had been alerted by the High Authority in 2021, during the control of her declaration of heritage situation established as mayor of Beauvais, the strong undervaluation of her main residence and the risks that it incurs in the event of reiteration, “completes the HATVP, adding:” It also gave up goods to the same address for a price per m² very much higher than that declared. In fact, it could not Ignore the fair value. “
“The fact that following numerous exchanges with the High Authority, Mrs. Cayeux proceeded, on November 23, 2022, to the deposit of modifying declarations does not however disappear this offense”, notes the administrative authority .