Thousands of French retirees living abroad will receive a decisive summons. Agirc-Arrco is launching a crackdown on fraud in the Maghreb region: any beneficiary who misses their bank appointment will have their pension immediately suspended.
Some private clinics have found ways to improperly receive reimbursements fully financed by the National Social Security Fund.
The French Court of Auditors is intensifying its controls on pensions paid to its retirees abroad, particularly in Morocco, in order to combat fraud, which costs the French state 60 million euros per year.
The French Court of Auditors has decided to intensify its controls on nearly two million retirees living abroad, particularly in Morocco . The objective is to combat fraud that costs the French state 60 million euros per year.
The Liège Criminal Court should impose a criminal sanction on a Belgian-Moroccan couple who received hundreds of thousands of euros while living in Morocco. They were denounced by anonymous letters.
The French government has initiated draft decrees to review the conditions of access to the State Medical Assistance (AME), allowing foreigners in an irregular situation and with low incomes to have coverage for their medical care, and to reduce the list of health services covered by this scheme.
In order to limit pension fraud, the French Court of Auditors has recommended, in a recent report, strengthening controls on two categories of retirees: those living abroad and those still active. Countries like Morocco are affected.
According to a rumor reported by some media in recent days, French retirees living abroad will have to check in in France every six months to continue receiving their pension. The information has not been verified.
While acknowledging the existence of social fraud and emphasizing the need to fight against it, the federation of Brussels public social welfare centers (CPAS) rejects the image of a "sieve-like" social system.
A Brussels woman who claimed to be incapable of working in Belgium was benefiting from social housing and receiving social benefits while working as a lawyer in Morocco since 2003.
In its annual report on Social Security, the French Court of Auditors calls for better control of retirement pensions paid abroad. Morocco, a destination of choice for French retirees, is concerned.
In France, Social Security has been paying pensions abroad, particularly in Morocco, even though some beneficiaries are reportedly already deceased.