It turns out that there was indeed a person named Christian Roger, but he has no connection to the activity of defendant 1 on behalf of the PLANAS company.
The testimony of defendant 3 indicates that he was in contact with a person with this name, who died in December 2008, and served as a telephone provider. According to Defendant 3, the same Christian Roger has no connection to PLANAS, while Defendant 1 was the one who planned to summon Roger and present him as the manager of PLANAS, who gave him permission to use the company's name.
The problem is that the same Christian Roger died, as stated, at the end of 2008, and therefore the need arose to summon the same Vincent Le Duquet, who raised the delusional and fabricated claim that he used the name Christian Roger, in the framework of his relations and relations with Defendant 1.
Defendant 3 also voiced his version on this issue in his recorded conversation with Yehoshua Shlosh, saying: "... As he wants now (i.e., defendant 1 – A.S.) That I bring someone from Belgium to testify, to say, that I'm the person from Belgium, I'm the manager of Parisy Araldo's PLANAS company, but I, without Parisi Araldo knowing, I gave Uri Resch the authority to use PLANAS, that's what he wants me to bring a person."
To this, Yehoshua Shlosh responds and says: "Why do you have to bring? Let him bring."
In summary, I hold that Defendant 1 never had any authority to act on behalf of PLANAS, including to issue supplier invoices on its behalf or to carry out any business or legal action on behalf of this company. The defendant used PLANAS for his own purposes, while preparing a database of forms in which the company's logo appears, and while forging supplier invoices, which were supposedly issued by PLANAS.
- The facts that are not in dispute in the framework of this indictment are that "Piccolo-Line Ltd" was the exclusive importer of Opsa products from Spain, as appears from the company's catalogue (P/426). Opsa specializes in the production of household appliances such as irons, vacuum cleaners, coffee makers, hair dryers, and compact ovens.
Until the end of 1999, the Piccolo Line Company imported Opsa products, and released them from customs, in its own name, as indicated by a public servant's certificate (P/439).