Paul A., alias PA7 on Snapchat and Instagram, has massively diverted aid from the solidarity fund. The influencer’s scheme was foiled by the Central Office for the Suppression of Major Financial Crime.
During the successive confinements and to support the entrepreneurs who suffered from the enormous shortfall, the government had set up a solidarity fund to support them. It has been extended to many structures to deal with the cessation of activity. At the risk of being diverted. This is the huge scam discovered by the French authorities and revealed by Le Parisien Sunday September 26, 2021.
Paul A. is an influencer on Snapchat and Instagram. The young man, who lived in Dubai before being expelled at the end of August, promotes a prosperous lifestyle. What to dream of his 62,000 subscribers, to whom he offered his advice to make money easily. How? ‘Or’ What ? By diverting aid from the solidarity fund. A very simple modus operandi for the subscriber: it was enough for the person to send his administrative identifiers for the procedure, and “PA7” took care of everything for a fee. In all, it is 5.8 million euros from the solidarity fund that the young man would have embezzled. The amount announced is still provisional. It was after the tax audit of a subscriber who used his services that the police discovered the scheme.
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Police officers from the Central Office for the Suppression of Major Financial Crime (OCRGDF) conducted the investigation and discovered the case: Paul A. boasted in his stories of being able to recover 4,500 euros in Covid aid in 48 hours. He is now in detention at Fresnes prison. He was reportedly indicted on August 26, 2021 in Paris for organized fraud and aggravated money laundering.
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