New storm for the Toulouse stadium. Victim of a sophisticated scam in 2022, the emblematic club of French rugby sparked an investigation which made it possible to dismantle a Franco-Israeli network responsible for fraud up to 14.4 million euros, receiving more than 120 victims around the world.
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Elimination in the semi-finals of the Champions Cup, Jaminet case, the period is delicate for the Toulouse stadium. And it is not over. An international judicial operation recently made it possible to put an end to a large network of organized gang scam, notably targeting the prestigious Toulouse rugby club (Haute-Garonne). The latter, victim of a sophisticated scam attempt, was the source of the investigations launched in 2022, following a complaint from the Red and Black, which revealed the extent of the fraud.
According to AFP, the Toulouse stadium was targeted by a scam in the false transfer order with fraudulent substitution of banking coordinates, as well as an attempted fraud to the false president, in this case Didier Lacroix.
Investigators managed to recover part of the funds to the club (around 79,000 euros out of 208,000 sent by transfer), before “unrolling the ball” and identifying 121 victims for total damage estimated at 14.4 million euros, according to the same sources, including companies domiciled all over the world (Belgium, Colombia, Danemark, Spain, Mexico, Venezuela).
An operation carried out jointly in France and Israel Monday morning led to the arrest of suspects and to the entry of around 20,000 euros and a bank account credited with 248,000 euros, as well as a vehicle and computer equipment.
The survey also made it possible to prevent an additional 18.7 million euros from being stolen by the perpetrators of the fraud, add these sources. The people arrested, all Israelis or Franco-Israelis, are still in police custody. Three of them, arrested in the Paris region, should be indicted.
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