French appeals court upholds sentence for PIP boss
Published
05th May 2016
A French appeals court has upheld a four-year prison sentence against the maker of fraudulent PIP breast implants, Jean-Claude Mas.
The court in Aix-en-Provence found Mas, 76, guilty of aggravated fraud and fined him 75,000 euros (£58,000). Upholding a 2013 lower court judgment, the judges barred Mas from any job in the health sector and from running any company for life. He hasn’t been jailed during the appeals.
The Poly Implant Prothese, or PIP, implants contained industrial-grade silicone instead of medical silicone and were prone to leakage. At least 125,000 women worldwide received them until sales ended in early 2010.
