The scam that was worth 100 million

Raphaël Azouz carried out the longest and biggest VAT scam ever recorded in France at the beginning of the 21st century, notably on behalf of Grosbill, a pioneer in e-commerce. The  company was sold to the retailer Auchan (Mulliez group) after the fact, in 2005, and was then heavily fined by the tax authorities following the trial of its main service provider and his  accomplices, conducted by the Créteil Criminal Court in 2010. The judgment was upheld by the Paris Court of Appeal two years later. The northern holding company, owned by the Mulliez  family, was nevertheless ordered to pay a substantial tax adjustment a decade later, after being dismissed by the Court of Appeal in 2021. Throughout his testimony, and then in the manual  published at the end of the book, this seasoned thug, from the “9.3”, tells how he was one of the first designers of the labyrinth of shell companies, called