Stopping work in a few clicks and even without visiting a doctor. With social media, it’s very easy and completely illegal. In Snapchat for twenty euros, in just a few minutes we come into contact with a scammer. For the sick leave, he replied that he only needed the last name, first name, social security number, date and reason for the stop. For “back pain or depression”, he replies when asked for a valid reason. Moments after the first contact, a pre-filled document, electronically signed by a healthcare professional, arrives in your mailbox. The certificate is false, but the doctor exists.
Doctors’ identities usurped despite multiplication of complaints
When meeting with a fictitious doctor, he claims that this is not the first time that a fraudulent decision has been made on his behalf. For several months, he received regular calls from business executives questioning the authenticity of the court decisions. He took advantage of the order of the doctors and warned the gendarmes, nothing helped. “Every week I have stop work happens and I have to file a complaint. It takes a lot of time for me, I not only have to do it, I also have to take care of my patients.”the practitioner explains.
I make about 150 a month. Moreover, during holidays and celebrations
I make about 150 a month. Moreover, during holidays and celebrations
Snapchat scammer
What is the scope of this scam? To find out, we contacted the scammer, telling him this time that we were journalists. He explains to us that he is unemployed and takes false breaks from work in order to have extra income. “I make about 150 a month. More on holidays and parties. The original model was written to a real person, I just finalize the file. And I have friends who work in social security who tell me if everything is going well”he wrote in a message.
Our illegal stop also has the name of a company that organizes remote consultations. Its premises are in Paris, and one of the company’s managers immediately notices that something is wrong when he sees the closure. “There we see that the patient will be absent from work for 15 days, this is impossible with us. All breaks in work are less than 5 days”explains Fadila Imerglik, Quality and Risk Manager at Livi.
- Nearly half of employees took at least one sick leave in 2022
These documents can also be delivered or collected by hand. Somewhere in the Paris region, in a hidden camera, we make an appointment with another dealer. “Be careful not to take it out too hard, you never know.”he wonders. Looks like he has a few clients to meet that evening. The application for the suspension of work, which he gave us, is signed and sealed by a doctor, the rest we must fill out ourselves. Recently, the Val-d’Oise police arrested a man who acted in the same way. The result of the searches: thousands of euros and forms were seized. Traffic is profitable.
For using a fake, the fraudster and the customer face up to three years in prison and a fine of up to 45,000 euros. False work breaks cost the Health Insurance Fund 3.4 million euros annually.
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