This septuagenarian does not have happy days while waiting to spend the holidays with the family. She prefers to make ends meet when she comes out of retirement. A choice that could be classic if his accounting expertise had not been made available to criminals, very well organized. Six people were arrested at the start of the week by teams from the mobile search brigade (BMR) of the Toulouse border police. They are suspected of having participated, to varying degrees, in a vast traffic in false documents.

Investigations by police officers began at the beginning of 2021. And after several weeks of verifications, the Toulouse public prosecutor’s office decided to open a judicial investigation. The rogatory inquiry brought to light a very well-oiled structure, made up of several touts and two key figures: a septuagenarian, an accounting expert, and a forties, who oversees the entire organization.

Several touts, an organizer and the retiree

For two or three years, this woman without history of 72 years, defended by Mr.^e Stéphanie Moura, would in fact come out of retirement to offer her services to a 40-year-old man, assisted by Mr.^e Gil Machado Torres. This forty-something would have asked him to edit false payslips that he would sell individually against a hundred euros to customers. Once this document is in their pocket, beneficiaries could thus contract bank loans, rent housing or benefit from social benefits. To offer yourself a new life, in short. To assess the damage, which could exceed the totality of thousands of euros, the Toulouse Interministerial Research Group (GIR) is also seized by the examining magistrate. These specialists should especially be interested in the asset side to update any money laundering circuits. And if it’s true, seize criminal assets.

After their custody, the six suspects were all referred to the Toulouse prosecutor’s office. They are indicted for fraud by an organized gang. The next step will be to precisely define the role of each.