France, Le Monde reveals 12M misappropriation of funding for e-buses - Sustainable Bus
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The Le Monde investigation revealed that approximately 12 million Euros were allegedly misappropriated over three months through fraudulent claims for non-existent electric buses.
More than half of the 600 electric buses registered from November 2022 to January 2023 were likely non-existent, indicating a severe oversight in public funding.
The scam involved multiple companies, some newly created, falsely claiming to purchase electric buses without triggering suspicion from the ASP, the agency responsible for subsidies.
Jean-Marc Navarro's case epitomizes the fraud; he discovered he 'owned' a company that reported acquiring seven buses, only to find out it was a scam.
Read at Sustainable Bus
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