This fraud “has was detected last week as part of internal checks and feedback from users“, said Urssaf to AFP, confirming information from the Parisian.
Five organizations are suspected of having issued 1,200 invoices allowing them to pocket three million euros in “immediate advance“, as has been possible since last year for expenses eligible for the tax credit such as cleaning, gardening or DIY.
The amounts may have been collected by customers “potentially accomplices” or on bank accounts created for the occasion, possibly with “identity theft“, adds the Urssaf.
The agency publishes “immediately filed a complaint and took emergency measures to prevent the spread of this fraud“, without further details.
The phenomenon, however, remainsvery limited“, with regard to the 7,200 companies “empowered“to collect this aid directly, from their 200,000 monthly bills and from the 116 million euros that Urssaf has paid them since January 2022.
