French Police Involved In Massive Forgery Scam

Investigators from the Sub-Directorate for Combating Irregular Migration arrested French police officers involved in a massive forgery scam.

Authorities in France have arrested and charged eight individuals, including two police officers, believed to have been a part of an elaborate forgery scheme that helped hundreds of illegal migrants obtain official French residence permits.

After having operated for roughly two years, the tight-knit network’s scheme was finally brought to an end on Monday, June 5th when investigators from the Sub-Directorate for Combating Irregular Migration (SDLII) raided numerous residences and locations relevant to the case, arresting the suspects and seizing fake identity documents, state-of-the-art laser printers, loads of cash, computers, and other tools of the trade, the French news outlet TF1 INFO reports. 

The arrests, which took place throughout the Paris region, came following a year-long investigation by a specialized police unit. Upon fa...

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