2023-09-13 10:26:00
Marc (assumed first name), appeared in mid-June before the Namur criminal court because the labor prosecutor suspected him of having fraudulently exercised the function of concierge between 2016 and 2022. During a good part of this period , he would have continued to receive unemployment benefits to which he was theoretically not entitled, given that he was working. The amount unduly received amounts to 79,550 euros.
According to the public prosecutor, the owners of two buildings in Namur kots had complete confidence in Marc. He managed them and seemed to act as a handyman. He signed the leases, collected the deposits and even held the bank card for the company in question, which managed nearly 40 homes.
During the hearing, the defendant initially denied having exercised this function. “I had problems with the neighborhood officer. He saw me cleaning the common areas and deduced that I was the janitor, but that’s not true, I was a tenant and I was cleaning.” To the great surprise of his lawyer, who intended to plead for an acquittal, Marc finally admitted to having worked for the said company, but only in 2018. Before specifying that he had a contract to provide 13 hours of services per week. “This is a regularization, a contract carried out ex post”, clarified the representative of the labor auditor.
Marc had explained regarding several sums which had arrived in his account. “There was a problem with the water heater, they paid me 1,500 euros to buy equipment to repair it. The 6000 euros? It was a loan they gave me to buy a car”.
The judgment came this Wednesday. The defendant is ordered to repay the 79,550 euros unduly received and to a fine of 9,600 euros with a 3-year suspended sentence for anything exceeding 2,400 euros.
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