Four individuals, including a former investment banker, were arrested last week in Seine-Saint-Denis.
They are accused of having set up a large network of VTC, whose drivers were not declared and the sums collected laundered.
Three million euros would have thus escaped the tax authorities.
The police announced Monday the dismantling of a large network of fraud in VTC, organized around the very juicy market for shopping to or from Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport.
Several companies are accused of having embezzled the money from these errands, in addition to illegally employing around 100 drivers.
In this case, four people were arrested.
Sums hidden from the tax authorities
Over a year, the companies concerned, all headed by straw managers, would have pocketed at least five million euros.
The profits of the races were directly paid into the bank accounts of the companies, and then laundered in the wake.
These revenues were not declared to the tax authorities, a shortfall estimated at nearly three million euros for public finances.
Tax fraud, therefore, but also social fraud, since the hundreds of drivers were not declared to Urssaf.
They were recruited through classified ads on specialized sites.
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Up to ten years in prison and a 750,000 euro fine
It was at the turn of a simple routine check that this network was identified by specialized police officers.
They spotted a fake VTC card.
They then investigated for nearly a year and arrested four people at the end of last week in Seine-Saint-Denis, including a former investment banker who would be the head of this network.
Investigators also found luxury watches during their search.
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Four men will be tried next May for money laundering and hidden work in an organized gang.
By then they have been placed under judicial supervision.
They each risk ten years in prison and a 750,000 euros fine.