A taxi driver from Var prosecuted for 2.3 million euros in Social Security fraud

A taxi driver is being prosecuted for fraud in the Var, suspected of having invoiced fictitious medical transport for damage estimated at 2.3 million euros in five years, we learned on Friday from the public prosecutor de Draguignan, Pierre Couttenier.

This woman in her fifties was summoned to be judged on February 25, 2025 before the criminal court. In the meantime, she has been placed under judicial supervision with a ban on medical transport. In addition to its taxi activity, “she billed for medical transport considered non-existent” to the Primary Health Insurance Funds (CPAM) of Var, Nord and Puy-de-Dôme and other social organizations, specified Mr. Couttenier. For just one «client»she charged more than a million euros for journeys between her home and the hospital.

The alleged facts, between 2019 and 2024, were revealed by an inspection carried out by one of the CPAMs concerned. The funds thus embezzled had allowed him to create a gym company and to live in style: the amount of assets seized exceeds one million euros between 80,000 euros in his bank accounts, six cars and a motorcycle, two taxi licenses or even an apartment.