2023-05-09 02:30:39
They are suspected of having taken part in a bank loan scam. Two police officers were indicted on April 18 and 27 for money laundering in an organized gang and a third, on April 21, for forgery and laundering of a fraud committed in an organized gang, a judicial source said on Monday, confirming information from the JDD.
According to the JDD, they are two police officers from the Anti-Narcotics Office, Ofast, and a police officer officiating in territorial intelligence in Guadeloupe. Four other people had already been indicted, according to the judicial source. Of the seven accused, one is in pre-trial detention and six under judicial control. According to the JDD, the three police officers are under the latter regime.
At the end of March, a total of 11 people had been arrested and placed in police custody, including the first four accused but also the three police officers indicted at the end of April, who had then been released from police custody with a subsequent summons before the examining magistrate. Among the 11 was also a third Ofast policeman who, according to the JDD, is summoned on May 25 before the investigating magistrate for a possible indictment. The judicial source declined to comment.
The embezzled money would have allowed the purchase of real estate
The bank loan scam, in which they are suspected of having participated, concerns three banks and the damage amounts to “several million euros”, indicated a source familiar with the matter at the end of March. Two of the 11 people arrested, two women, were already known for fraud, said another source.
The three police officers were questioned by the IGPN, the police force. One of them is available. The other people had been heard by the Brigade for the repression of astute delinquency (BRDA) of the Parisian judicial police.
According to the JDD, the investigation started after a complaint filed by the management of the Caisse d’Épargne Île-de-France which had noticed irregularities in loan files. The alleged masterminds of the scam allegedly made several requests for bank loans using false documents, before disappearing once the money was obtained. The embezzled money would have allowed the purchase of real estate, according to the JDD.
According to the newspaper, the mastermind of the case, Michel S., 45, was arrested: he is one of four people indicted at the end of March.
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