French Welfare Fraud: Man Collects €15,000 in Benefits While Living Abroad

The Moroccan resided in Avion, which he would have left for his country of origin, but he continued to receive his RSA (active solidarity income) which is paid to him by several bank transfers. He would have received 15,567 € between August 2018 and September 2020, reports La Voix du Nord. "Tax fraud" according to the justice system, because "the law prohibits staying more than twenty-one days abroad to claim the RSA."

The forty-something will be summoned to the police station. He admitted the facts, but pleaded "legal ignorance", coupled with the successive lockdowns... The Arras judicial court is looking into the case. He will be tried for tax fraud in the coming months.