Scandal at the OPC: embezzlement of public funds under the Renan Hedouville era

An explosive report by the Anti-Corruption Unit (ULCC), released this Thursday, May 8, 2025, reveals a vast corruption case within the Office for the Protection of the Citizen (OPC), involving the former protector of the citizen, Renan Hédouville. Between 2019 and 2024, at least 16.5 million gourdes were allegedly hijacked under cover of official missions never carried out. Of 17 international trips scheduled for fiscal years 2022-2023 and 2023-…

A report revealed the diversion of more than 16 million gourdes through fictitious missions between 2019 and 2024, involving the former Protector of the Citizen. An investigation by the Anti-Corruption Unit (ULCC) highlighted a system of misappropriation of public funds within the Office for the Protection of the Citizen (OPC), involving the former Protector of the Citizen, Renan Hedouville, and several of its collaborators. According to the rep…

The report confirms that Renan Hédouville, in his capacity as Protector of the Citizen, has deliberately signed a public contract in violation of the rules governing the matter. The ULCC recommends that the public action be initiated against Mr. Hédouville, his daughter Régine Hédouville Louis, his son-in-law Tex Willer Celafoi Louis, as well as several other employees: Juliana S. Thomas, Jean Jolin Dodier, Mimose Moyard and David Simplicite. Th…