William Molinie
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6:56 p.m., June 02, 2022
According to information collected by Europe 1, a money laundering network of the “president scam” has just been dismantled by the means of payment fraud brigade (BFMP) of the Paris judicial police with the assistance of the management. central judicial police, Tracfin or even Europol.
The scam to the president, however known to the general public since the film “I count on you” by Pascal Elbé which is inspired by the inventor of this scam Gilbert Chikli, continues to claim victims. Ironically, one of the latest majors is a film production company. According to information collected by Europe 1, a money laundering network for this scam has just been dismantled by the payment fraud brigade (BFMP) of the Paris judicial police with the assistance of the central management of the judicial police, Tracfin or even Europol.
These six criminals, three men and three women, were placed in police custody on Tuesday, suspected of having laundered the fruit of a scam to the president – false transfer orders – committed last February to the detriment of a production company of films from the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It was the chief accountant who made several transfers, eight in number, to Croatian accounts, after being contacted and cheated by Israeli businessmen already known for multiple scams.
Profiles of petty city offenders
Then charge these Parisians from the 19th arrondissement, aged 19 to 27 already known for petty theft, to open other accounts and bring the embezzled money back into the real circuit, taking a commission in passing. Thinking of staying under the radar, they used the identities of some of their relatives to do the administrative procedures.
“What is interesting are their profiles as petty criminals in the city. A few months ago, they were dealing at the bottom of buildings. But they converted very quickly to money laundering after being approached well”, specifies a source close to the investigation.
Three men were brought today for presentation to an examining magistrate within the framework of a judicial investigation opened today on the counts of fraud in an organized gang, concealment of this offense, complicity in fraud in an organized gang, aggravated money laundering and use of forgery in public writing.
They were placed in police custody as part of a preliminary investigation opened by the Paris prosecutor’s office for acts of money laundering in an organized gang and presented to justice on Thursday.