It is a revelation of the newspaper the last hour. The National Institute for Health Insurance-Invalidity (INAMI) has revealed fraud to domiciliation of a rare scale. Alerted by the denunciation of an ex-spouse, the Inami discovered that a Brussels, allegedly unable to work in Belgium since 2016, actually has been practicing the profession of lawyer in Morocco for more than twenty years, being registered in the country’s bar since 2003.
Concordant sources indicate to our colleagues that this professional situation would allow him to lead “a very comfortable life” abroad. The lawyer would only stay in Belgium occasionally, for periods of about fifteen days, mainly for medical or administrative reasons. His real home, as well as that of his whole family, would be in Morocco.
Despite this fictitious domiciliation, this mother benefited in Belgium from an intervention increased by health care insurance, potentially at an undue rate, as well as an invalidity bonus. In addition, his fraudulent file allowed him to obtain the usufruct of social housing in the capital. The administration of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation also confirmed that his children had never been enrolled in a school in Belgium.
Our social system is a colander
This case did not fail to react the president of the reform movement. “I want to update this to show that our social system is a colander,” castigated Georges-Louis Bouchez to our colleagues from the DH. According to him, “the abuses are much more numerous than we imagine.”
A few months ago, the chief of the Liberals had already denounced similar abuse situations, then causing an uproar within the French -speaking political class. This specific case comes, for him, factually confirm words for which he had been strongly criticized.
“But that does not concern that Morocco,” continued Georges-Louis Bouchez. “There are fraud of this type in different countries. Today we have a completely defaulting control system that makes the community lose millions of euros. ”
Political measures to strengthen controls
The president of the Liberals promises a firm political response, which will be deployed both at the federal and international level. “We are going to ensure that, on the basis of these revelations, the federalness strengthens data controls. The cadastre of social aid will be fundamental. We are going to condition a series of agreements for information exchange criteria between states, “he said.
These statements are part of the federal government agreement, which plans to fight “against social allowance fraud and black work”. For the executive, “an effective sanctions policy is essential to dissuade cheaters and guarantee the social protection of workers, self -employed and honest citizens.”
