> Couldn't he setup some crypto fund instead? Or investment in ballroom? Or simply just receive present, let say plane, instead of money? Would that help him in

> Couldn't he setup some crypto fund instead? Or investment in ballroom? Or simply just receive present, let say plane, instead of money? Would that help him in this case? An other French politician, Francois Fillon, tried that with bribes as gift including some luxury Suits. In addition of some public money redirection to his own family. And it did not play well for him either. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fillon_affair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fillon_affair Ironically, he was Sarkozy's Prime Minster. The party that they both come from (The republicans, previously UMP, previously RPR) has a long history of financial abuses and associated judgements. The only "new" thing here is that it explicitly condemned a previous President.