With the arrest of two men of 25 and 29 years old, Wednesday in Toulouse, it is a business of almost four years which has been largely resolved. The brigade of repression of the astute delinquency (BRDA) investigated a vast swindle going back to 2016, which made 52 victims in all France, for a total damage of 158,000 euros.
The youngest of the duo was spotted in an office of La Poste where he came to cash a money order. The counter identified him as the author of a previous roundup and alerted the police. He managed to escape before being ultimately caught up with his accomplice.
149 money orders received via two methods
The duo's balance sheet? 149 mandates recovered. His method? In fact, there were two. After seeing fictitious job offers on the Internet, some victims had received a check corresponding to their first salary, but the amount of which greatly exceeded that initially fixed. They then returned the overflow collected by money order, before realizing that the checks of their alleged employers were rejected by the bank.
The second fraudulent practice consisted in offering bogus offers of credits and fictitious car sales on the Internet.
In police custody, the two men acknowledged the facts of which they are accused. They will be judged in September.
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