At least fifteen people suffered damage ranging from a few thousand to several hundred thousand euros.
He would have promised interesting returns after real estate work which was not always carried out: a call for witnesses was launched by the Montbéliard public prosecutor's office against an influencer suspected of having scammed individuals, we learned on Monday. 'AFP.
Tommy Goudey, nicknamed “Tom Monopoly” on social networks where he enjoys a certain notoriety with more than 100,000 subscribers on Instagram, is the target of several reports from individuals for what can be compared to real estate scams.
According to an investigation by the regional daily L'Est Républicain, at least fifteen people suffered damage ranging from a few thousand to several hundred thousand euros.
They allegedly followed the influencer's advice by calling on a construction company for a property they had just acquired, but the work was never completed and the property remained abandoned.
According to the newspaper, Tommy Goudey may also have been a co-founder or shareholder of at least one of these companies.
Five complaints
In a call for witnesses, the public prosecutor Paul-Edouard Lallois invites “any person who considers themselves the victim of fraudulent actions in the context of or in relation to a transaction carried out with Mr. Goudey Tommy, directly or indirectly via a company » to report the facts to the public prosecutor's office.
For now, the prosecution has opened an investigation for “organized gang fraud”.
To date, five complaints have arrived at the prosecution, emanating from different regions: the complainants are not based in Montbéliard and its surroundings, unlike the companies gravitating around the influencer, several of which have their head office in the sector, indicates to the AFP is pursuing him.
These people, who wanted to “achieve what was presented as something potentially lucrative”, came from all over France, the magistrate explained to AFP.
The objective of the call for witnesses is to “centralize” the procedures, since by “dissecting each of these complaints, these reports, we understand that in fact, there is potentially a significant number of people who may be concerned by the same type of actions. », Estimates the prosecutor.
Questioned by AFP, Tommy Goudey did not respond. He denied being at the origin of a scam in his responses to the Est Républicain, and “generally blamed the construction companies and their managers”, writes the newspaper.
“Tom Monopoly” describes himself on social networks as “real estate and business coach” and claims to have acquired 84 properties in seven years.
