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Gérard Lhéritier, once master of the manuscripts market, found guilty of gang fraud

The Aristophil founder faces five years in prison

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18,000 clients, including 8,000 to form civil parties, 1 billion euros lost... Gérard L'héraire, "the Madoff des livres", was sentenced on Thursday 11 December by the Paris court to five years in prison.

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Buy one hundredth of a manuscript by Gustave Flaubert or a scroll of the Marquis de Sade exhibited in a...

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The judgment at first instance recognizes the responsibility of Gérard L'héraire, founder and manager of the company for the placement of ancient manuscripts, and of most of the defendants, in the fraud which cost more than 1 billion euros to 18,000 savers.

Nearly one billion euros stolen and thousands of savers ruined: the founder of the company for the placement of ancient manuscripts Aristophil, Gérard L'hôteur, was sentenced on Thursday by the court of Paris to five of...

Aristophil lost almost one billion euros to its customers between 2009 and 2014. It is "one of the biggest organized band scams ever judged".

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estrepublicain.fr broke the news in Nancy, France on Thursday, December 11, 2025.
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