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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.

Entre avril 2024 et avril 2025, plus de 42 000 personnes auraient effectué une demande d’arrêt sur le site Stop-travail.com, désactivé mi-avril.
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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.