After Kylian Mbappé made “gifts” to five police officers responsible for protecting the French national team, investigation opened for suspicion of undeclared work

A selfless gift or concealed remuneration? This is the subject of the preliminary investigation opened by the Paris prosecutor's office into checks issued by the captain of the French national football team, Kylian Mbappé, to five police officers responsible for protecting the French team. In total, €180,300 was paid by the Real Madrid striker to a commander and four chief corporals from the Republican Security Companies (CRS).

Confirming information from M6/RTL , the prosecutor's office told Le Monde that an "investigation into the charges of undeclared work and laundering of tax fraud" was opened in July 2024 and entrusted to the IGPN, the general inspectorate of the national police. The origin of this procedure: a report from the financial intelligence service, Tracfin, "reporting atypical financial transactions benefiting five police officers and three private security agents."

This legal imbroglio has brought out of the shadows a key figure for the French Football Federation (FFF), Commander S. At the center of the administrative investigation launched by the IGPN in January, in parallel with the legal proceedings and a few months after a search carried out at the officer's home, he is due to appear before a disciplinary board in the autumn.

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