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22-Year-Old From Landes Indicted for Selling Over 25,000 Fake Sick Leave Certificates

The Créteil prosecutor’s office says the scheme brought in about €250,000 before the platform was shuttered in April with Hostinger’s cooperation.

Overview

  • The Mont-de-Marsan prosecutor has set his trial for November 2025 on charges including facilitating social fraud and document forgery.
  • The 22-year-old suspect was detained in January and again on June 12 and remains under judicial control pending his hearing at the tribunal correctionnel de Mont-de-Marsan.
  • The Office central de lutte contre le travail illégal led the investigation under the Créteil prosecutor’s authority, tracing the site’s founder and user network.
  • stop-travail.com enabled users to select symptoms and doctors via an online form, delivering fake medical leave certificates in under five minutes to at least 26,000 of over 42,000 requesters.
  • Authorities have seized over €175,000 from his bank accounts and impounded a €23,000 vehicle in connection with the case.