The repression of fraud said on Monday that it had detected serious deficiencies in 34% of the 1,000 professionals controlled in 2024 in the energy renewal sector, a privileged objective of criminals who try to divert the help of Maprimerénov, whose window is reopened on Tuesday. The General Directorate for Competition, consumption and suppression of fraud (DGCCRF) has been transmitted to justice “140 criminal minutes for deceptive commercial practices and aggressive scrutiny,” specifies a press release. The Administration also imposed 50 administrative fines, “mainly for the illegal telephone opening”, and ordered 140 professionals.
The “high” rate of 34% of nail professionals “must be put into perspective because the controls carried out by the DGCCRF are carried out on the basis of complaints and reports; therefore, they are not representative of the sector as a whole,” said the press release. The researchers noticed data collections through deceptive sites, an illicit telephone survey, operators that arise as ordered by the State, deceived commercial arguments, abusive clauses in the contracts, all for immersing the consumer who is signing documents without knowing the scope.
The repression of fraud received 26,000 reports through its consumer signal platform with respect to energy renewal in 2024. In 2023, 23,000 reports were recorded, mainly for the abusive of the telephone organization. The DGCCRF had noticed irregularities in 50% of the 800 controlled establishments.
Two condemned companies
The Maprimérenov accountant dedicated to the general housing renovations reopened on Tuesday after the summer holidays decreed by the Government in the face of an increase in the requests and attempts of fraud. However, the rules for granting subsidies are modified to spend less public money through the renewal project. But the number of files in stock is already so important that it will certainly consume the complete budget of 3.6 billion euros provided by 2025. Consequently, only 13,000 new files can be presented until the end of the year and the 2026 budget will be charged, subject to the vote of the financial law.
The DGCCRF states that the Fotoclime, Capsoleil companies and their common leader were convicted of a deceptive and aggressive commercial practice, and false and use of false, within the framework of an appearance procedure in the prior recognition of guilt. They received in mid -September fines and a year in prison with a stay on probation for two years for the manager.
Source: BFM TV
