Overview
- The Châlons-en-Champagne prosecutor requested four years in prison, with three suspended, for the nurse accused of orchestrating a scheme of fictitious home-care billing.
- A one-year suspended sentence and a €100,000 fine were sought for the substitute nurse tried as an accomplice.
- Investigators say the pair billed for visits not performed, for acts done in non-reimbursable conditions, or for care carried out by the substitute.
- Evidence cited by the prosecution includes a court officer’s report of up to 150 patient visits in a single day, some lasting one to two minutes.
- Real estate and financial assets valued at more than €1.7 million were seized and could be confiscated to compensate Assurance Maladie for the roughly €1.8 million loss.