They granted “facilities” to foreign people seeking to pass French tests. Pinned by investigators from the Angers Research Section (Maine-et-Loire), three individuals were arrested and indicted for having cheated French tests. These French knowledge tests or “TCF” are compulsory for people wishing to obtain their naturalization. Issued by a public body, they allow you to certify that the person has mastered the fundamentals of the language. It is often produced in support of an application for a residence permit.
In the case examined by the gendarmes, “certain agents working at the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts of Pays-de-la-Loire (CNAM) obtained the payment of cash sums in return for passing the French tests,” indicated Eric Bouillard, Angers prosecutor.
More than 250 people would have benefited
Two men and a woman were indicted: a CNAM employee, aged 49, her 50-year-old partner and a 75-year-old teacher who was responsible for administering the tests. The woman, named as having initiated, organized and directed the network, was placed in pre-trial detention. “The investigation is continuing to identify all the people who may have participated in these offenses. She will also endeavor to identify people who were able to validate French knowledge tests in this way, the number of which is estimated at more than 250,” according to the prosecutor.
