Det franske finanstilsyn, Autorités des marchés financiers (AMF), beskylder nu fem Ubisoft-chefer for insider-handel i forbindelse med for forsinkelserne af The Crew og Watch Dogs tilbage i 2013.
Det er Kotaku som først har opsnappet historien efter et interview som Ubisoft Montreal CEO Yannis Mallat gav til den fransk-canadiske avis La Presse.
Mallat er sammen med to andre navngivne Ubisoft Montreal-chefer (Olivier Paris og Francis Baillet) samt yderlige to ikke navngivne Ubisoft-ansatte blevet undersøgt af de franske myndigheder, som hævder at de fem har solgt aktier kort for offentliggørelsen af de forsinkelserne af de to førnævnte spil.
Ubisoft is aware that an action being brought by the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) involves five of our team members. Those individuals vigorously dispute their implication in this matter and the AMF’s interpretation of the facts. Yves Guillemot, Co-Founder and CEO of Ubisoft, does not question the good faith of the people involved and has reassured them that they have his full support and trust.
These proceedings revolve around Ubisoft’s temporary stock market drop in the fall of 2013, after it was announced that Watch Dogs and The Crew would be delayed. The French AMF is alleging that before the announcement the team members in question may have sold securities while being in possession of insider information. The proceedings will continue in November at the Commission des Sanctions (sanctions board) in Paris.
Ubisoft itself has not been charged by the AMF.
Moreover, three of the Canadian team members implicated in the AMF’s action today filed a motion with the Superior Court of Québec demanding that the procedure be declared invalid and seeking damages against AMF France and AMF Québec.
Ubisoft har fremsendt en udtalelse til Kotaku (se herover), hvor de afviser af de implicerede personer skulle have gjort noget forkert. De franske myndigheder er kendt for at være overordentlig skrappe, når det gælder sager om aktie-handel og især skatteunddragelser generelt.



























