Gaël Perdriau was sentenced to five years in prison, including four years in a closed facility, for orchestrating a blackmail scheme against Gilles Artigues using embezzled public funds.The court found Perdriau guilty of blackmail, conspiracy, and embezzlement, and ordered him to resign as mayor while barring him from public office for five years.Co-defendants
Pierre Gauttieri,
Samy Kéfi-Jérôme, and
Gilles Rossary-Lenglet also received prison terms, while Artigues welcomed the verdict and Perdriau pledged to appeal, maintaining his innocence.