Since the implementation of the “quality and anti-fraud” service within the General Council of the Alpes-Maritimes in July 2011, the administrative fines committee* meets monthly to review the cases submitted by the team responsible for ensuring compliance with the RSA (Revenu de Solidarité Active) requirements.
The 15 agents that make up this team are tasked with ensuring the rightful payment of the RSA. This service includes an anti-fraud brigade responsible for preventing, detecting, and sanctioning fraud.
Following judicial investigations that stem from complaints filed by the General Council of the Alpes-Maritimes, eight criminal convictions were handed down in the first quarter of 2013 against fraudsters, for a total of €30,158.45 in undue payments and €2,450 in fines.
In the past two months, April and May 2013, 21 fines totaling €7,205 were issued against a total of €100,000 in undue payments.
Since July 2011, 134 complaints have been filed by the General Council; the anti-fraud system has detected €2.4 million in undue payments—cases sanctioned by the General Council or under review—and saved nearly €5 million through RSA eligibility checks, totaling nearly €7.4 million.
To date, 21,950 beneficiaries are under the Department’s care, which allocates significant resources to this solidarity policy: €103 million was included in the 2012 budget for RSA payments, and €110 million is allocated for 2013.
