Casimir Cagne (died 1912) was a French banker who worked for Société Générale in Paris during the 1910s. Cagne partnered with the Russian aristocrat Aleksandr Bolkonsky to embezzle billions of dollars' worth of Russian bonds, from some 15 million savers, and, in December 1911, Jules Bonnot's gang robbed an SGED wagon on the Rue Ordener to steal Cagne's leger, containing the amounts of money embezzled; Bonnot was tipped off by Bolkonsky's wife, Constance Bolkonsky. In April 1912, Cagne attended the signing of the Triple Entente alliance with Russia and Britain, as well as Bonnot's last shootout. Shortly after, Cagne was arrested by the "Tiger Brigades" for embezzlement, as Inspector Gustave Pujol's mistress Lea secretly returned the ledger to Cagne's office after sleeping with him, and was used by the police as a witness in Cagne's trial. However, the Paris Police Prefecture chief Louis Lepine discovered the Tiger Brigades' plans from his mole in the brigades, Achille Bianchi, and he secured Cagne's release in an attempt to cover up his and his associates' own crimes. Rather than let Cagne walk free, Constance Bolkonsky had her associate Piotr Hernienko interrogate Cagne for the meaning of the codes in his ledger, and, when Piotr was done, he cut Cagne's throat. Cagne's body was discovered by former policemen Gustave Pujol and Paul Valentin.
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