The founder of the PIP breast prosthesis company, at the heart of a huge health scandal, died Thursday at the age of 79, his lawyer said.

Jean-Claude Mas, the founder of the PIP breast prosthesis company at the heart of a huge health scandal, died Thursday at age 79, his lawyer said Thursday. "I had his girlfriend in tears this (Thursday) morning, she told me that he had died in the clinic where he had been admitted for an operation," said Yves Haddad, confirming information from Var- Morning . According to Mr. Haddad, Jean-Claude Mas suffered in particular from heart problems and diabetes.

He was still indicted in two other proceedings. In May 2016, Jean-Claude Mas was sentenced by the Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal to four years in prison and a fine of 75,000 euros for aggravated fraud and fraud against the German company. TÜV certification, which he had fooled on the composition of his gel for prostheses.Le course judicial Jean-Claude Mas, former grocer become one of the largest manufacturers of breast implants in the world by trampling any kind of health regulations, however, was not completed. He was still indicted in two other proceedings, one for manslaughter and unintentional injuries, the other on the financial aspects of the case, but his death will result in the extinguishment of the proceedings against him. He had served eight months in pretrial detention in 2012, but was never detained after his appeal conviction in 2016.

The number of female victims is estimated at 400,000 worldwide. In total, nearly one million breast prostheses were sold between 2001 and 2010 by PIP, in defiance of any health standard. The number of female victims in the world is estimated at 400,000. Instead of an authorized gel, PIP used part of an industrial silicone normally used in the composition of electronic equipment. "Jean-Claude Mas is dead, he will not have spent a single day in jail for his conviction for aggravated deception in the PIP case, he leaves behind several thousand victims", responded on Twitter Laurent Gaudon, lawyer some 7,000 complainants in this file.