It is an exceptional seizure assure the La Rochelle police, this Friday, June 3. In all, 2,235,000 euros were taken in May from the bank account of a company based in Aytré, near La Rochelle. The latter is suspected of having defrauded, everywhere in France, its customers who wanted to benefit from the “Prime rénov” of the State.
Searches of managers
The La Rochelle company presented itself as specializing in the field of renovation and energy saving. Except that the insulation work they promised their customers never saw the light of day. In place, the crooks used the data collected and false work certificates to collect state aid, before cutting off all contact with the client.
The accumulation of complaints alerted the Directorate General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Prevention. Once the company was identified, the money seized, searches took place at the homes of the managers. Heaps of files were discovered there; investigators, now, to dissect them to assess the extent of the scam.