On December 10, the judgment will come against their creator - Digital Reason
The scandal was global and trial, outside the norm. A month criminal trial last spring, whose verdict will be announced on December 10. Accused of "aggravated deception and fraud," Jean-Claude Mas may end up in jail. At the end of the trial, the prosecution asked for Marseille head of PIP, the company that manufactured for almost a decade mammary prosthesis defective four years' imprisonment, a fine of one hundred thousand euros and permanently prohibited from practicing a profession related medical-health field as well as managing a company. The "mad alchemist," as he called the prosecutor acknowledged using gel unfit 'home' for medical purposes but their prostheses "were no more dangerous than the competition."
But as Jean-Claude Mas has been declared insolvent, victims now rely on obtaining financial compensation for the German TÜV, world leader in quality control and in charge of certifying the fraudulent breast implants sold by PIP.
The judgment of the civil process, separate from the criminal aspect, and the six distributors-Bulgarian, Brazilian, Italian, Syrian, Mexican and Romanian-German giant claim to 28 million euros in compensation, will be released on 14 TULON November in the south of France.
It is estimated that more than 300,000 women worldwide could potentially be victims of the consequences caused by the rupture of these faulty implants. In France, 30,000 women have resorted to these prostheses, either for medical reasons rather reconstructive surgery for aesthetic reasons. According to the latest report of the gala Agency of Drug Safety (MSNA), published last September, 17,135 of French affected have already removed the defective prosthesis and 74% of them (12,599), ie 2 of each 3 have done preventively.
