Eric Freymond died in July 2025, at 67. He never fully explained where all the shares had gone. Judges in Paris are leading a criminal investigation.
Puech has no doubts about the man he trusted for decades. He told a judge that Freymond “turned out to be a fraudster, even a gangster.”
Even the head of Hermès had reached a conclusion. “I have long been convinced that Nicolas Puech no longer has his shares,” Dumas said.