The DGCCRF, “fat thieves finished”? In a series of stories on her Snapchat account, the influencer Poupette Kenza revealed Wednesday that she had been the subject of an investigation by the DGCCRF, a department of the Ministry of Economy in charge of cracking down on fraud. After verifying the investigations that the influencer had committed various crimes, she was sentenced to a fine of 50,000 euros, according to a document published by Poupette Kenza.
Contacted by BFMTV.com, neither the DGCCRF nor the Departmental Directorate for the Protection of Populations (DDPP) of Calvados, which appears in this document, responded to our requests for confirmation.
Teeth whitening strips banned in France
He would be criticized for not always indicating that some of his posts were paid contributions and especially for having advertised a product banned in France, tooth whitening strips.
These were strips from the US brand Crest, which contain around 10% hydrogen peroxide, according to a note from the European Commission, co-head of the EU’s executive branch with member states.
However, in the European Union dental products with a concentration of hydrogen peroxide greater than 6% are prohibited. This liquid can irritate the eyes, nose, skin and throat, according to the US Federal Agency for Disease Control and Prevention.
“Flight” for Poupette Kenza
Poupette Kenza doesn’t seem to realize what she’s done wrong. “What did I know about it, that Crest was banned?” she said on Snapchat. “Crest, he’s too good anyway! (…) Buy him my dolls, anywhere, buy him,” she added in a story that appears to have been deleted.
He also ranted about the amount of the fine: “Big thieves, I’ve got the nerve, it’s robbery! I’m so happy to go and give you 0 tax. You robbed me well before you left” – the 23-year-old left this week to move to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
All this before assuring that “he doesn’t care”: “That bothered me, but the truth is that I don’t care, it’s not my son, it’s not my daughter, it’s not health, it’s money”, so “not very things serious”.
The influencer rejects the process
It is, according to the documents published by Poupette Kenza on Snapchat, a transactional fine. In other words, an alternative to criminal proceedings: with the agreement of the Public Ministry, the repression of fraud can impose such a fine to prevent the person who committed the crime from having to appear before a judge. The interested party can reject or accept this transaction. As the DGCCRF points out on its site, refusing a financial transaction “exposes you to a higher fine” and prosecution. Poupette Kenza made it known that he had refused this procedure.
This is the first time since 2021 that a fine of this type directed at an influencer has been made public. In July 2021, the DGCCRF announced Nabilla’s payment of a transactional fine of 20,000 euros. She had promoted the commercial training without indicating that it was an advertisement and had ensured that it made possible the systematic recovery of the amount invested, minimizing the risk of losing money.
The crackdown on fraud has increased the number of influencer checks this year, he told BFMTV.com last week. Specifically, he has published a dozen precautionary measures to stop deceptive commercial practices, which the influencers themselves must publish on their social networks.
Source: BFM TV
