She again denies any undervaluation of the price of her Parisian apartment. His lawyers judge “as serious as it is incomprehensible” the accusation of possible fraud formulated against him by the HATVP.
MO12345LEMONDE with AFP
The ex-minister camped on his position. Caroline Cayeux indeed challenges the evaluation of her heritage made by the High Authority for the Transparency of Public Life (HATVP), who seized the justice of her case on Tuesday, said his lawyers Edouard de Lamaze and Myriam Mayel on Tuesday November 30 on Wednesday November 30, said on Wednesday November 30 , in a press release sent to the France-Presse agency.
Questioning an “unprecedented position of the High Authority”, they claim that the body “has vary the amount” of the valuation of the Parisian apartment of M me cayeux, ” To reach a disproportionate sum of 23,000 euros per square meter “. According to them, “a simple research on tax sites or on an online estimate site reveals a valuation in accordance and even lower than that declared by M me cayeux” for this apartment of ” 210 square meters “.
“A disagreement (…) On the value of the square meter of an apartment obviously does not constitute a criminal offense”, continue the lawyers, deeming also “as serious as it is incomprehensible” the accusation of possible fraud formulated to The one of their client, in the referral operated by the HATVP.
His lawyers denounce a “relentlessness of the High Authority”
“We are strongly surprised by such a relentlessness of the high authority”, they add, highlighting that the ex-minister “had no illegal behavior”. M me
é> cayeux “is at the disposal of justice all the elements necessary to put an end to such an attack on his honor”, they conclude.
Tuesday, the HATVP announced that it has seized justice because it suspects a “false evaluation” of the heritage of the ex-minister, in particular of this Parisian building, and a possible “tax fraud”.
In its press release published on Tuesday, the authority argues “that the declaration of heritage situation of M me é> cayeux included important minorations of the value of its property, of the order of 2,400 000 euros for its 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 M me cayeux had been alerted by the High Authority as early as 2021, on the occasion of the control of his declaration of heritage situation established as mayor of Beauvais, of the strong sub-sub-sub Assessment of her main residence and the risks it incurs in the event of reiteration. She also sold goods to the same address for a price per square meter very much higher than that declared. In fact, she could not ignore its fair value. “
“The fact that following numerous exchanges with the High Authority M Me Cayeux proceeded, on November 23, 2022, to the deposit of modifying declarations does not however disappear this offense” , finally noted the administrative authority.
It is this disagreement between the independent regulatory authority and the former Minister of Local Authorities who pushed M me cayeux to resign from his post on Monday, not retained by the two heads of the executive.