A police officer who received a donation of 60,300 euros from Mbappé is being retired early.

Paris.- The police officer who received a donation of 60,300 euros from Kylian Mbappé for his work protecting the French national team during the 2022 World Cup has been sanctioned with early retirement, ‘Le Monde’ reported this Tuesday.

However, the newspaper pointed out that this 57-year-old riot officer, known as ‘Momo’ and who has been working with the French Football Federation (FFF) for 21 years, will be present in the FFF’s own security team at the 2026 World Cup, but this time with a temporary contract signed until the end of July. The General Inspection of the National Police (IGPN) had been in charge of an internal investigation into the conditions of payments to the agents, who were accused of lack of “loyalty”, “probity” and failure to account. Following the instruction, the police department chose to sanction him with early retirement on December 20, although this is symbolic, as the agent himself was going to retire in 10 days. In any case, the sanction of early retirement is the most serious that exists before a direct expulsion and, within the French National Police, it is adopted in rare cases (less than 10 a year throughout the country).

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In parallel, this police commander, along with four other officers, is being investigated by the French Justice system for the payments made by Mbappé to the five – a total of 180,300 euros-, at the request of the French financial intelligence unit against money laundering, tax fraud and the financing of terrorism (Tracfin). Mbappé, according to the version that the weekly ‘Le Canard Enchaîné’ had given in July, before making those donations, had consulted his tax lawyer, who indicated that they did not have to be declared to the Treasury. The current Real Madrid player received 500,000 euros as a bonus from FFF for the runner-up finish in the World Cup – after the final lost to Argentina in the penalty shootout – and explained that he decided to donate it all to various civic associations, as well as to the members of the police team that protected the players.