Jean-Claude Mas, the founder of the PIP company whose breast implants, implanted in thousands of women worldwide were manufactured in defiance of all health standard, was sentenced Monday on appeal to four years in prison . The court of appeal of Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône) confirmed the first instance judgment and was again recognized this 76 year old man guilty of aggravated fraud and fraud with regard to the German TÜV certification company, he had fooled the composition of the gel filling prostheses for years.
Jean-Claude Mas must also pay a fine of 75 000 euros and sees permanently ban of practice in the field of health and manage a company. The appeals court also upheld the conviction of four former executives of the company, sentenced to up to three years of imprisonment, one farm to the former financial director of PIP, Claude Couty.
Two other ongoing procedures
the legal path of Jean-Claude Mas, former grocer become one of the largest manufacturers of breast implants in the world by trampling every sort of health regulations is not complete. It is still under investigation in two other cases, one homicide and unintentional injuries, the other concerning the financial aspects of the case. He has already spent eight months in custody in 2012 in this context. During his appeal hearing, which took place at the Palace of Congress of Aix-en-Provence to host hundreds of plaintiffs, Jean-Claude Mas was still hammered its silicone gel “house” made from industrial oil, contained no danger. “Swindle? I still do not understand the prejudice of scam that “had he declared.
” There was a lot of tests done, “” I’m a maniac tests “had not hesitate to affirm the sorcerer’s apprentice, while the composition of its gels out of control and varied over time. “The fact of using a non-conforming raw materials, untested, as an artisan manufacturing process, varying the proportions and compositions (…) is generating a risk” to the health of women implanted, stressed Advocate General. Jean-Claude Mas had “nothing of a scientist: his only concern [was] financial”, its gel is seven times cheaper to produce than, approved, he should buy, he had also denounced. PIP prostheses “cracked” much more often than other brands, ending not alert the health authorities who in 2010 discovered the pot to the roses. Employees were told in court fully subject company’s founder, who did not tolerate criticism, especially not on his gel, “the best in the world.”
18,000 victims
in this extraordinary trial, some 7,000 women have brought civil parties, referring to a “time bomb” installed in his body, for others the “wasted lives”. “They made us 7,000 lab rats” had found, disillusioned, a victim. In total, tens of thousands of fraudulent breast implants were sold worldwide, particularly in South America. The French health authorities have reported 18 000 women who had to be remove their dentures, partly as a result of disruptions or irritations. Two cancers were diagnosed.
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