Allen Vincatassin

Allen Vincatassin is a Chagossian activist who is the first and current President of the Diego Garcia and Chagos Islands Council.

[citation needed] Vincatassin was elected as the President of the Diego Garcia and Chagos Islands Council in 2011.

[1] Vincatassin is opposed to Olivier Bancoult's Chagos Refugee Group as "they want Mauritian sovereignty over the islands.

[4] They are alleged to have conspired in 2016 to swindle GBP 88,000 out of 83 year old Marie Lucienne Anodin's bank account.

Vincatassin is also alleged to have used his influence to convince Anodin, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, to sell her Newham home to a real estate agency for GBP 300,000 which was about half of its market value.