Paris court convicts defendants in SIEAM public-procurement case
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On 16 April 2026, the Paris Criminal Court convicted individuals and companies in the SIEAM case involving favoritism, corruption, misappropriation of public funds and related offences. The court found that procurement rules had been systematically circumvented through contract-splitting, enabled by concentrated authority and persistent internal-control failures.
The court convicted all defendants subject to partial or full acquittals in specified counts. The former SIEAM president received four years’ imprisonment, including two years suspended, and a €10,000 fine; companies received fines of €10,000–€100,000 and procurement exclusions. The court also convicted a former procurement-commission member over accepting a vehicle in exchange for contracts.