The crime of “promoting tax and social fraud” will appear in the 2024 finance bill presented next week to the Council of Ministers, announced this Wednesday the Minister of Public Accounts, Thomas Cazenave.
This decision comes, in particular, after the dissemination, widely spread on YouTube, of a video in which a young man nicknamed “Mertel” claims to receive 1,800 euros net monthly income “without giving a damn” accumulating various subsidies, including an allowance for disabled adults obtained. for a certificate of convenience thanks to a doctor whom he “manipulated.” These people must be condemned “with the greatest firmness,” said Thomas Cazenave on Sud Radio.
Diligent control
In his video, the YouTuber seems to ask Internet users for 300 euros to show them how to imitate him, claiming an “invisible” disability. He also scratches at “the imbecile employees (…) hypocrites (…) who pay for my allowances.” On Tuesday, the Minister of Solidarity, Aurore Bergé, reacted on
“In a few hours this individual was identified. If fraud is proven, legal action will be taken immediately and the aid received improperly will be recovered,” he wrote. According to her, “in 2022, more than 32 million controls were carried out, which made it possible to detect 48,692 cases of fraud for an amount of 351.4 million euros.”
“Our social model is too valuable to be damaged: I will not let anything go,” he concluded. The government has already announced that it wants the fight against social and tax fraud to raise 1.5 billion euros a year until 2027.
Source: BFM TV
