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Paris court sentences Arlette Ricci to three years in jail, two of them suspended, for 'particularly determined willingness for over 20.
Multi-millionaire owner of Nina Ricci fashion company jailed for trying to hide more than £15million from French taxman in HSBC Swiss accounts.
Arlette Ricci, 75, was handed a one-year prison term and a million-euro fine in April 2015 for allegedly hiding 18.7 million euros ($19.8 million) from the.

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Multi-millionaire owner of Nina Ricci fashion company jailed for trying to hide more than £15million from French taxman in HSBC Swiss accounts

Arlette Ricci (above), the multi-millionaire owner of Nina Ricci, was today sent to prison for trying to hide her fortune from the French taxman through HSBC

The multi-millionaire owner of the Nina Ricci fashion company was today sent to prison for trying to hide her fortune from the French taxman through HSBC bank.

Arlette Ricci, 74 and one of the richest women in Europe, was ‘particularly determined’ to stash money in Swiss accounts for more than two decades.

A judgement handed down by a Paris criminal court added: ‘The seriousness of the facts are an exceptional threat to the public good.’

Ricci had denied hiding the equivalent of more than £15million, saying she had simply tried to avoid tax – which is legal – rather than evade it, which is not.

However, bugged phone conversations between the heiress and her daughter, Margot Vignat, suggested otherwise. According to the transcript, Ms Ricci boasted that she changed banks to e

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Heiress to Nina Ricci fortune launches tax fraud appeal

Arlette Ricci, 75, was handed a one-year prison term and a million-euro fine in April 2015 for allegedly hiding 18.7 million euros ($19.8 million) from the taxman for more than two decades (AFP Photo/Loic Venance)

Arlette Ricci, 75, was handed a one-year prison term and a million-euro fine in April 2015 for allegedly hiding 18.7 million euros ($19.8 million) from the taxman for more than two decades.

Proceedings at a Paris appeal court on Thursday focused on minor questions of law filed by Ricci's lawyers, and the defendant herself was absent.

Ricci stayed "at home in Switzerland for health reasons," her attorney told AFP, saying it was "unknown at this point" whether she would be able to attend in the future.

The Nina Ricci fashion house, founded in 1932 in Paris, is known for its luxury perfumes -- especially the floral classic L'Air du Temps -- and its classic, slender lines.

The case against Arlette Ricci began after revelations that the Swiss private banking arm of British giant HSBC had helped clients hide bill

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Among the standout speakers, Capucine Dorlencourt, a second-year master's student in Business Law, won the competition with a compelling plea on the Arlette Ricci case, where she leveraged generative AI. Representing the prosecution, she successfully argued her case before a discerning jury. "We had one week to prepare our pleadings. I chose this case because it involves complex issues of tax and criminal law, which truly fascinate me," explains Capucine.

To make her presentation more engaging and impactful, she incorporated artificial intelligence to generate visual and audio elements. "AI helped me add an immersive dimension to my argument. It captured the jury’s attention and reinforced the strength of my points," she adds.

A Practical and Career-Oriented Experience

For Capucine, this experience was much more than just an academic exercise: "Presenting before a panel of lawyers and professors is real-world training for our future careers. It helped me improve my public speaking skills, my ability to synthesise information, and my rhetorical abilities. The school prep