The light turned red for them. A national traffic code traffic network has been dismantled, indicated the gendarmes of the Vesoul brigade community, confirming information from The Republican East. Three residents of Vesoul as well as a person in Val-de-Marne were taken into police custody and admitted the facts with which they are accused.
The case began in May 2023 through information obtained by investigators from the Vesoul brigade community according to which it would be possible to obtain an examination of the Highway Code upon payment of a sum ranging from from 250 to 600 euros. The investigations made it possible to identify three inhabitants of Vesoul, who ran this network locally. They were taken into custody in mid-July and admitted their participation.
Around fifty fraudsters were identified locally and admitted to having illegally purchased car or motorcycle Highway Code. The investigation subsequently determined that an examination center of the Dekra brand located in Val-de-Marne validated all of these Highway Codes, i.e. some 1,400 highway codes nationally. The manager and sole employee was arrested and taken into police custody on Wednesday and admitted the facts with which he is accused. The trafficking would have enabled him to acquire around 120,000 euros and a “large sum of money” was seized from his home, the gendarmes said.
The affected center was immediately closed by Dekra management on Wednesday. The list of suspected fraudsters was sent by the public prosecutor to all the prefectures of France in order to withdraw the benefit of the exams and de facto the license of those who obtained it.