Hervé Jaubert

Hervé Jaubert (born 13 March 1956) is a French former Navy officer, marine engineer and DGSE agent. He moved to Stuart, Florida in the early 2000s where he set up a company to build and operate recreational submarines, under the Exomos brand. He then moved his firm to the United Arab Emirates. After the 2008 financial crisis, Exomos was closed. In May 2008, facing accusations in Dubai of fraud and embezzlement worth AED 14 million (US$3.8 million), Jaubert escaped from Dubai in a dinghy. He subsequently returned to Stuart, where he was a permanent US resident and wrote a book about his ordeal. On April 15, 2009, he was tried in absentia in Dubai and convicted of illegally acquiring AED 14 million by abusing his position with Exomos, a subsidiary of Dubai World, according to court records. He was sentenced to five years in prison but Jaubert denied the charges against him. His book, titled “Escape from Dubai” was published November 10, 2009.