The man from Saint-Vallier has been living through hell since 2020! After losing his papers, one or more criminals seize them and create two fictitious companies in the name of the Drôme resident without his knowledge. These companies have a fleet of around 40 cars. It is with these vehicles that the speeding driver (s) are flashed several times and receive a fine. The unpaid fines have arrived at the inhabitant of Saint-Vallier. Since November 2021, he has received 383 ! This represents at least 55,000 euros. An ordeal because man is obliged to contest everything.
More and more frequent thefts
In another case, more than 60 French including 31 Drôme residents were flashed for speeding or red lights not respected. They used the identity data of a Parisian between December 2018 and August 2019 to transfer their fines and points to her account. The officers of the Public Ministry of Valence were able to identify the 31 Drôme residents and interview them. The system is well organized : the victim’s data can be found on the internet.
Drômois verbalized contact a scammer on the internet, they sometimes pay him up to 500 euros. The price varies according to the number of points lost. The perpetrator transmits the identity of the victim and designates her as the driver at the time of the offense. The offenders dispute their report, indicating that they had loaned the car to the person and transmit, date of birth, driver’s license number of the stolen person.
A Parisian forgot her wallet in Valence
In December 2018, the victim went to Valencia, she rented a car from a company. In that same car, she forgets her wallet. She remembers : “I noticed it very quickly, I called the company to send me back my wallet, which they did 48 hours later but in the meantime someone made a photocopy of my papers. think the scam started like this. “
This woman, a doctor in Paris, had an ordeal: “It was horrible because a year later, I received a notice to third party holder: I had 15,000 euros in debt! I did not understand anything because I had never received any fines. I did not receive them. one after the other. I learned all of this suddenly from my bank, which immediately blocked my money. “
False designations are likely to be costly
Faced with this upsurge in false denunciations, Noël Fayet departmental director of public security for Drôme warns that requisitions for fines of 90 euros will increase to 450 euros and for those of 135 euros to 750 euros. They are also subject to correctional penalties.