2023-12-13 14:48:00
The labor prosecutor’s office on Wednesday demanded the restitution to ONEM of 69,000 euros in unemployment benefits received by a defendant who was not entitled to them.
Present before the Namur Criminal Court, the person concerned admitted having written false application emails in April 2022. “I realized the day before a control appointment at the ONEM that I did not hadn’t looked for a job. So I wrote these emails.” The problem? One of the emails was dated… February 30. ONEM then contacted the companies to which the defendant said she had applied, who confirmed that they had not received an application. The file was sent to the public prosecutor’s office and Profondevilloise was charged with forgery and use of forgery. But not only that…, as the substitute Piron explains: “While she was declared as isolated and therefore received increased allowances relating to this status, a glance at Facebook made it possible to establish that she was not living not so alone. The neighbors confirmed that his companion’s car was present almost every day in front of the house.”
The investigation also made it possible to demonstrate that the defendant worked for her partner. As part of a transport activity but also in the organization of events. In addition to the fact that she provided management to her partner’s business, she carried out around thirty errands for him, in addition to administrative management, accounting and reservation processing tasks.
The defendant’s lawyer pleads for the simple suspension of the sentencing. She specifies that following the events, ONEM withdrew her rights to benefits for 39 weeks. “She did not dare to contact ONEM once more to request benefits. She has since found work working 21 hours a week. Which will not be enough to repay if the court were to impose the restitution of the 69,000 euros mentioned.
Judgment on January 10.
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