Overview
- A complaint for abus de confiance was filed by Sandrine Le Hay Moello on 21 May 2026 accusing Jean Messiha of keeping roughly €40,000–€42,000 raised on GoFundMe for the families of two prison officers killed in the May 14, 2024 Incarville attack.
- GoFundMe says its records show several validated transfers to bank accounts linked to Messiha between May 2024 and June 2025 that together total just over €40,000 and that the campaign creator had the technical ability to withdraw funds.
- Messiha denies being a beneficiary and says GoFundMe made an internal error that routed the funds to his account; his team says it will file a complaint against the platform and intends to reimburse the families.
- The Parquet de Paris has opened a preliminary investigation to determine whether funds were misappropriated and to examine the platform’s transaction records and the timing of any withdrawals.
- The case revives scrutiny of Messiha’s past fundraisers and raises political and legal questions about how crowdfunding platforms record beneficiaries and protect donors and recipients, with the families still unpaid and seeking restitution.