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The that pulled the one-time pastry king (Franck Pecol) from his throne and quickly shuttered his empire ( and more) has finally come to a resolution. On Friday, the remaining defendants got their day in court in Shanghai, though not Pecol, who fled to Paris and is rumored to be behind (motto: No Dogs. No Cats. No Rats. Just Shanghainese cuisine). The charges against Pecol . According , three French employees were given suspended jail terms after being found guilty of using expired flour. Suspended terms typically mean they won't serve any more jail time other than what they may have already done. Laurent Fortin, who had supposedly worked for the company for a matter of months before being arrested, was also fined 60,000rmb. The other two French defendants, who were also fined, were named as Marion Claudia Christine Tuduri and Damien Joseph Armand Ortal. Of the five Chinese defendants, three also received suspended sentences and two did not receive any punishment. The two corporate entities that Pecol ran the business through were . So wraps up one of the most high-profile food scandals to hit Shanghai in recent years, though the restaurant, named after Pecol, , as do some of his former staff, who went on to open boulangerie and uber-popular crepe restaurant .