A man was indicted and detained on Friday May 13 in Toulouse for having organized a network of fraud and concealed work which allowed him to embezzle more than one million euros, revealed the gendarmerie.
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The mastermind of the operation "
had set up a vast system of placement of employees in the middle of traditional catering through structures functioning as temporary agencies
", explain the gendarmes of the Toulouse research section in a communicated.
The crackdown, organized under the aegis of the Specialized Interregional Jurisdiction (JIRS) of Bordeaux, allowed the arrest of five people in Boulou (Pyrénées-Orientales), in Perpignan and Bourges at the beginning of the week, before the setting in examination of the instigator of the project and another man.
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In several regions, "
he embezzled social charges, employers' contributions and a more or less significant part of the salaries of employees
", according to the gendarmes.
"
The main author, notoriously known by the courts, was under an arrest warrant
", they specify, before adding: "
He was arrested as he was about to cross the border Franco-Spanish to pursue its actions there
".
