Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône: 830,000 euros in cash seized after a raid in a garage

Nice catch for the gendarmes of Val-d'Oise, the services of Urssaf and the prefecture.

A control operation was carried out last Friday in a car repair shop in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, as part of the departmental anti-fraud operational committee (Codaf), placed under the authority of the prefect and the prosecutor.

Investigators discovered three illegal foreigners who were working there without being declared.

Thirty-five vehicles, intended for resale in a used car dealership, also located in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, also aroused the suspicion of the military.

A preliminary investigation has been opened

The manager of this concession was arrested for covert work and employment of foreigners without a title.

For these two offenses, he risks respectively up to three years 'imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros and up to 15,000 euros in fines and five years' imprisonment for each undeclared foreign employee.

The searches, which followed this arrest, uncovered 827,990 euros in cash, notably from the sale of second-hand vehicles.

A flagrant investigation was opened for covert work and employment of foreigners without a title.

At the end of his police custody, the concessionaire was released.

Nevertheless, the Pontoise prosecutor's office is continuing its investigations in the form of a preliminary investigation.

In 2017, Codaf operations made it possible to seize more than 7 million euros in the Val-d'Oise.