People on semi-freedom or on electronic bracelets pretend they have Covid-19 to avoid some of their obligations. Police have recorded at least two cases in three months.
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The National Police’s Organized Crime Information and Intelligence Service (Sirasco) has sent a note to the courts, police and gendarmes to alert them to the use of false positive Covid-19 tests by offenders to escape court summons, he told franceinfo Thursday, September 22, confirming information from the Parisian. At least two cases have been reported in three months.
These false positive tests allow them to evade legal obligations, related to their semi-freedom or their placement under electronic bracelet. “It can be used as a false justification when a person has not surrendered [à une convocation]either through negligence or because she had something else to do at the time“, explains the head of Sirasco, the divisional commissioner William Hippert.
The divisional commissioner also reports the case of a person on day parole who requested a suspension of sentence for medical reasons, based on a false positive test.
According to Sirasco, it is possible to verify the authenticity of screening tests by checking the presence of the name of the test holder, as well as the registration of his screening by Health Insurance, the logo of the laboratory or the practitioner. It is also possible to contact this practitioner to check directly with him. Or even to see if this practitioner has filed a complaint for computer hacking or misappropriation of his professional number.
The investigative work will now consist of going back to the counterfeiters who sell these false positive tests for a few tens of euros on social networks. “The question arises whether we are dealing with organized networks or not. The step now is to be able to go back to any channels that would have specialized in this type of false documents“, explains William Hippert, recalling that forgery and the use of forgery are prohibited by law.