A particularly lucrative scam. An employee of the employment center of Plaisir (Yvelines) is accused of having embezzled nearly 300,000 euros in unemployment compensation.
The 61-year-old man set up false files for people who were not eligible for these sums, in exchange for remuneration or sexual relations, when it was a woman.
The method was particularly well established. The employee was setting up false aid application files. To achieve his ends, he stole employer certificates from other files, before falsifying them. As a “fraud referent”, according to information from the Parisian, to validate the procedures.
With this scam, the man embezzled exactly 294,000 euros from the Pôle Emploi coffers, enriching himself to the tune of 102,000 euros.
The trick was revealed to everyone during a random internal control of the Pôle Emploi, highlighting the inconsistencies of certain files.
A total of eight people, aged 35 to 54, from Paris or Hauts-de-Seine, have been identified so far. Six were even arrested for concealment of aggravated fraud.