Living in Morocco with her three children, she still declared them as enrolled in school in France: 26,505 euros to repay

The beneficiary left France to settle in Morocco with her three children on June 20, 2022. However, she did not report this change of residence to the Gironde Family Allowance Fund, which continued paying her several benefits.

An inspection carried out by a sworn agent eventually revealed that she had settled in the kingdom. On June 5, 2024, the CAF demanded that she repay 22,732.20 euros corresponding to family allowances, the family supplement, the basic allowance, the shared child-rearing benefit, the back-to-school allowance and personalized housing assistance.

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The woman did not dispute the principle of this repayment. However, she brought the case before the courts to have an administrative penalty of 1,500 euros and a 10% surcharge imposed because of the fraudulent nature determined by the CAF cancelled, amounting to an additional 2,273.22 euros.

Three declarations rule out her good faith

In her defense, she maintained that she had not intended to commit fraud. She claimed to have informed the tax authorities of her departure for Morocco and believed that this information would be passed on to the other agencies. She also cited her cooperation during the inspection and the steps taken to repay her debt.

The Bordeaux Judicial Court rejected this version. No document proves that the beneficiary had informed the tax authorities of her move to Morocco.

Above all, the CAF had three declarations made after her departure. On July 4 and November 30, 2022, and then on December 30, 2023, the woman confirmed that she lived in Villenave-d’Ornon and stated that her children were attending school in France.

These responses could not be considered a mere omission. For the judges, they demonstrated an intention to provide the CAF with information she knew to be inaccurate. The case therefore differs from the one in which repeated trips to Morocco had not been sufficient to prove a change of residence: here, her move to the kingdom was not disputed.

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In its ruling of August 31, 2026, the court confirmed the classification as fraud and found the 1,500-euro penalty proportionate to the amount of concealed benefits and the repetition of the false declarations.

The beneficiary was also ordered to pay the 2,273.22-euro surcharge and the legal costs. Adding these two sanctions to the 22,732.20 euros in benefits wrongly paid, the total bill comes to 26,505.42 euros.