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In 1983, Daubigny, while serving as chief of staff to the Prefect of Police, ordered the destruction of the second series of samples from the {{ill|Robert Boulin affair|fr|Affaire Robert Boulin}}, which led to a complaint being filed against him for destruction of evidence. However, while the courts ruled that the evidence should not have been destroyed, there was no malicious intent found behind Daubigny's actions.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sarazin|first=James|date=31 March 1989|title=L’énigme des bocaux|trans-title= |url= |language=French|work=[[L'Express]]|location= |access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Collomat|first=Benoît|date=2007|title=Un homme à abattre: Contre-enquête sur la mort de Robert Boulin|trans-title= |url= |language=French|location= |publisher=Fayard|isbn=2213639507}}</ref>
On 16 November 2016, Daubigny was arrested in connection with a tax fraud case. He and his wife allegedly failed to file their income taxes with the authorities for several years, evading approximately €190,000, as well as allegedly failing to pay local housing and property taxes.<ref name="Bissuel"/> In September 2017, he was tried for tax fraud from the years 2011 to 2014, with previous years having surpassed the statute of limitations.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mathieu|first=Mathilde|date=28 March 2017|title=Un ancien directeur de cabinet de Valls bientôt jugé pour «fraude fiscale»|trans-title= |url=https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/280317/un-ancien-directeur-de-cabinet-de-valls-bientot-juge-pour-fraude-fiscale|language=French|work=[[Mediapart]]|location= |access-date=4 July 2024}}</ref> The charges potentially carried a one year suspended prison sentence and a €50,000 fine, though he claimed that a blockage prevented him from opening administrative mail; he had not declared his income in 2016 or 2017 and had not asserted his pension rights even though he no longer worked.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=11 September 2017|title=L'ancien préfet de Bretagne ne payait pas ses impôts|trans-title= |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/bretagne/ancien-prefet-bretagne-ne-payait-pas-ses-impots-1326017.html|language=French|work=[[France Info (TV channel)|France Info]]|location= |access-date=4 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Deléan|first=Michel|date=8 September 2017|title=Le triste procès du préfet Daubigny, jugé pour fraude fiscale|trans-title= |url=https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/080917/le-triste-proces-du-prefet-daubigny-juge-pour-fraude-fiscale? |access-date=4 July 2024}}</ref> On 3 November 2017, he was sentenced to an eight month suspended prison sentence.<ref>{{cite news |last=Martin|first=Marie|date=3 November 2017|title=L'ex-préfet de Midi-Pyrénées Jean Daubigny condamné à huit mois de prison avec sursis|trans-title= |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/occitanie/haute-garonne/toulouse/ex-prefet-midi-pyrenees-jean-daubigny-condamne-xxxx-fraude-fiscale-1359239.html|language=French|work=France Info|location= |access-date=4 July 2024}}</ref> In 2019, he was barred from wearing the [[
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