In February 2016 he was tried for corruption over the award of the contract for the Honotua communications cable, and acquitted. In December 2016 he was convicted of corruption again and sentenced to another year in prison for giving a contract for Mahina's green waste to a friend. He was convicted again of forgery, use of forgery, breach of trust and embezzlement of public funds over the running of Radio Bleue, a public radio station. He was sentenced to a year in prison, a 5 million XPF fine, and five years of ineligibility for public office.
