Woman suspected of stealing more than 3 million euros from relatives

A father and his daughter appeared in court in Meaux (Seine-et-Marne) on Tuesday for complicity in a vast fraud case.

The main suspect, wife and mother of the two defendants, died in 2019. She is suspected of having embezzled the sum of 3.3 million euros by defrauding relatives and neighbors, between 2010 and 2015, reports

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This former bank employee would have put in place a system to scam many inhabitants of Marles-en-Brie, of all ages and all professions.

A Ponzi scheme

Presenting herself as a trader, the woman thus promised profitable investments to her relatives, through a (false) Hong Kong contact.

She would actually have created a Ponzi scheme, like the famous businessman Bernard Madoff.

This consists in bailing out the old clients with the money entrusted by the new ones.

“I had complete confidence in her.

I paid 62 checks, for an amount of 416,000 euros.

And I woke up with difficulty in 2015, ”said a gynecologist, victim of the scam.

Twelve and 18 months of suspended probation were required against the husband and daughter of the deceased, considered "recruiters and intermediaries".

According to the Paris daily, they remained silent throughout the hearing.

The verdict will be rendered on October 12th.

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