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Pierre Andrieu
A well-crafted scam.
A vast network of fraud involving VTCs operating at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport has been dismantled and its four presumed officials returned to justice, we learned from the Bobigny prosecutor's office.
The investigation, which started 11 months ago from a routine check during which specialized police officers operating at the airport had spotted a fake VTC card, revealed a well-functioning system.
The illegal drivers were recruited through classified ads on specialized sites and employed without being declared to URSSAF by companies run by straw managers.
These structures collected without declaring anything to the tax authorities the profits of their races, a jackpot of 5 million euros over one year, before laundering the money according to different operating methods.
The damage to public finances is estimated at nearly 3 million euros, due to the shortfall in taxes and various social contributions.
A 10-year prison sentence incurred
Thursday 17 and Friday 18 December, the protagonists of this network were arrested in Seine-Saint-Denis and in Paris.
Seizures were made, including several luxury watches.
The four main alleged actors of this fraud, including a former investment banker, will be tried on May 19 for money laundering and covert work committed in an organized gang.
They face ten years' imprisonment and a 750,000 euro fine.
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