Near Toulouse. The business manager multiplies bankruptcies, his fraud exceeds € 400,000
A 42-year-old man, suspected of a financial fraud, was arrested this Friday by the gendarmes of the Muret research brigade. Helped by his wife and his brother, he would have multiplied the openings of companies without ever paying the charges. The amount of the excess of € 400,000.
Thanks to his combination, a business owner never pays his debts and continued his activity without being spotted. This forty-something, suspected of having multiplied bankruptcies in the Roques-sur-Garonne sector, was apprehended by the gendarmes of the Muret research brigade.
To achieve his goals, this building specialist has created several companies. He started clients and went on site without paying a single cent to the state. And when he felt too much in the sights of the Ursaff and other regulatory bodies, this 42-year-old mason set about making his business go down. A simple method, which suggested that he had no more savings and could no longer repay his debts. Obviously when the liquidators asked him to resell his equipment to recover money, his tools and other construction engines had suddenly disappeared in nature …
In reality, he keeps them to open new structures under the name of his wife or brother. His process worked well since his swindle would exceed € 400,000.
Undeclared employees
His activity was spotted by a liquidator who made a report to the Toulouse prosecutor’s office in March. After this complaint, the prosecutor delegated the investigations to the soldiers of the Muret research brigade. Months of surveillance and numerous verifications preceded the October 12 catch-up.
That morning, the gendarmes of Muret went to one of its sites. On the spot, they find two suspicious employees. These men without a contract, they would have been hired in a nearby café the same day. The manager is quickly arrested too, along with his wife and his brother, who would have served as his nominee to continue his activity. Following the first hearings in mid-October, all are left free. But this decision does not prevent the police from continuing the investigations. A month later, the evidence became overwhelming. This Friday, investigators finally seized the house of the main suspect, the price of which is estimated at € 500,000. A property built using trucks and other tools supposedly missing …
At the same time, the main suspect, his wife and his brother were questioned again. At the end of the hearings, all three were placed under judicial control and are summoned before the criminal court in 2022.