The justice ordered on Thursday the liquidators of Camaïeu and the Financière immobilière bordelaise (FIB) of Michel Ohayon, the last owner of the prêt-à-porter brand, to provide the accounting documents requested by former employees, according to what we learned from his lawyer.
“Now we are going to do everything possible to ensure that this decision is implemented,” the lawyer for these 250 former employees, Fiodor Rilov, told AFP, happy to have “succeeded.”
Thanks to the requested documents, the employees hope to be able to “precisely trace the operations” that led to the deterioration of the situation and then to the bankruptcy of Camaïeu and “in particular to identify the operations with the other companies of the group, in particular Go Sport” , currently in suspension of payments, emphasizes the lawyer.
Under penalty of a fine of 3000 euros per document and per day
The order of the Lille Commercial Court, consulted by AFP, specifies that the requested documents that would not be in the possession of the liquidators must be provided by the FIB and its distribution branch Hermione, People & Brands (HPB) within fifteen days . , under penalty of a fine of 3,000 euros per document and per day of delay.
In August 2020, the FIB took over through HPB 511 stores and around 2,600 Camaïeu employees, and then went into receivership. Two years later, in September 2022, the brand was liquidated after a new process before the commercial court.
After the liquidation of Camaïeu, Me Rilov and the CGT delegate, Thierry Siwik, had encouraged the employees at a general meeting to initiate this procedure, explaining that they had the impression that they had been “floured” since the takeover by FIB.
“We need the documents that allow us to have a complete picture of what has happened in the last two years,” Me Rilov had launched.
Another HPB brand, Groupe Go Sport, was declared bankrupt by the Grenoble commercial court in mid-January.
In November, the Grenoble public prosecutor’s office had opened an investigation for “abuse of social good” in relation to this brand of sporting goods, whose unions have been alarmed in recent months by the significant money raised for the parent company HPB.
Consulted by AFP, HPB did not immediately react to the decision of the commercial court.
Source: BFM TV
