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Bagui Traoré sentenced to two years in prison for attempted extortion
A Pontoise court sentenced Bagui Traoré to two years in prison on October 28 for attempted extortion.
The case involved a resident of Boyenval in Beaumont-sur-Oise, in France’s Val-d’Oise area.
The resident had won €120,000 through betting, but the money had reportedly since been lost in further bets.
Prosecutors said Traoré demanded money and threatened the resident; Traoré denied the allegations.
The court also barred him for three years from Val-d’Oise, contacting the resident or going to his home, and banned him from possessing a weapon for five years.
Traoré was taken into custody, but it is not known whether he will appeal.
Bagui Traoré was sentenced to two years in prison for attempted extortion by the criminal court in Pontoise.
The court ordered him to remain in detention.
He was accused of demanding money from a man in Beaumont-sur-Oise who had won €120,000 through betting.
Traoré denied the allegations, according to Le JDD.
The court also barred him from the Val-d’Oise and from contacting or visiting the victim for three years.
- Who
- Bagui Traoré, 34, was sentenced.
- What
- He received two years in prison for attempted extortion and was ordered to remain in detention.
- When
- 28 October 2026.
- Where
- The criminal court in Pontoise, in the Val-d’Oise, France.
- Why
- He was accused of demanding money from a Beaumont-sur-Oise resident who had won €120,000 through betting.
The accuser and prosecution
Bagui Traoré
Allegation
The accuser and prosecution
The resident said Traoré demanded money and threatened him.
Bagui Traoré
Traoré denied the allegations.
Physical encounter
The accuser and prosecution
The resident said Traoré knocked him down and injured his shoulder.
Bagui Traoré
Traoré said he had “dodged” a second punch.
The resident won €120,000 through betting and, according to the reports, later lost the money by betting it again.
The resident and Traoré reportedly encountered each other in a bar-tabac in Beaumont-sur-Oise.
The court in Pontoise sentenced Traoré to two years in prison and ordered him to remain in detention.
- Sentence
- Two years in prison
- Court
- Criminal court in Pontoise
- Alleged winnings
- €120,000
- Location of alleged encounter
- Beaumont-sur-Oise, Val-d’Oise
- Additional restrictions
- Three-year ban on entering the Val-d’Oise or contacting or visiting the victim
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