They Had Organised a System of Fraud: the Pact to the Millions of Euros Between Opticians, Patients and Ophthalmologist
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Twenty-two people, including opticians, health centre officials and ophthalmologists, will be tried in May 2027 for fraud and organized band laundering, and have been accused of misappropriating several million euros to social security and mutuals since 2023.
A major fraud against mutuals has been discovered in the optical sector. 22 people, including opticians, ophthalmologists and health centre officials, will be tried in June 2027 for money laundering and organized band fraud. The damage has been estimated at €12 million per year since 2023.
The Paris Public Prosecutor's Office announced that twenty-two people would be tried in the spring of 2027 after having implemented massive fraud in the field of optics.
Numerous searches took place in optical shops, health centres and ophthalmology offices between January and July 2026, as part of a "scale judicial operation", the Paris prosecutor said this Friday. A fraud of 250 million euros.
A large scam to mutual health in the optics sector, estimated at 12 million euros per year, will lead 22 people to court in Paris, we learned this Friday
Three presidents of health associations are among the defendants, said the Paris prosecutor. The referral to trial also concerns fifteen legal persons, five of whom are centres of ophthalmology, according to the gendarmerie.
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