Her Moroccan passport reveals her stays: CAF demands €10,638 from her

The case was decided on June 26, 2026, by the Troyes Judicial Court. According to the decision published by the Court of Cassation, in May 2025 CAF notified the beneficiary that she had received €10,638.01 in undue payments relating to the RSA, an exceptional bonus and personalized housing assistance. It considered that the condition of stable and regular residence in France was no longer met.

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CAF identified three periods of absence: from November 16, 2023, to January 16, 2024; from June 6 to September 14, 2024; and from November 20, 2024, to January 23, 2025. These stays concretely illustrate the consequences of the rules applicable to CAF benefits during extended stays in Morocco.

The Moroccan passport is eventually produced

It was chiefly the course of the investigation that convinced the court that there had been “fraudulent maneuvers.” Asked about her Moroccan passport, the retiree initially stated that she did not possess one, then that it was no longer valid, before claiming that it was in Morocco. After obtaining additional time to present it, she ultimately produced a valid Moroccan passport whose stamps confirmed her stays abroad.

CAF also accused her of stating that her dependent grandson still lived in France. Yet the investigation noted that there had been no transactions in France on her bank account since early 2024. The retiree denied any intention to commit fraud and explained, in particular, that her trips were due to her mother’s serious illness. However, the court noted that she had already been the subject of a similar proceeding in 2021 and that it had not been demonstrated that she had informed CAF before her departures.

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The judges upheld the additional €470 penalty imposed by CAF. Her request for a reduction of the debt was declared inadmissible because no prior administrative appeal had been filed; the court also recalled that a reduction cannot be granted when fraud has been established. CAF had already begun recovering the undue payments through deductions of €280 per month.

The retiree also requested permission to repay only €100 per month for two years. The court declared itself incompetent to set this repayment schedule: such a request must be addressed directly to CAF. The €10,638.01 in undue payments therefore remains subject to recovery, in addition to the €470 penalty.