From cross-checking in operation of the telephony, it took a year for investigators from the “underground economy” group of the Toulouse departmental security to go back to the two men they arrested on May 4 in the Tours region.
They suspect them of having set up a vast scam with the used car and scammed, in the current state of the investigations, at least 53 people in all France.
To conduct their juicy business, the suspects, aged 24 and 33, had first created a fictitious vehicle trading company and opened a bank account, never funded, for which they therefore had a checkbook.
Resold at half price and in cash
The next step was to skim the ads on Le Bon Coin and canvass individuals who were selling their cars.
By the time they realized that they had been paid with a wooden check, the vehicle had already been sold at half price and in cash.
From a police source, the 53 transactions identified for the time being by the investigators represent a loss of approximately 644,000 euros, "for a profit of around 250,000 euros".
The two men admitted the facts during their police custody and were indicted in the wake of the Toulouse examining magistrate in charge of the case.
Investigations are continuing to find the cars.
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