The investigations carried out by the police at the borders of Saint-Martin, on the basis of suspicions revealed by the prefecture, made it possible to implicate a former employee of the foreigners' service of the prefecture who had hijacked official procedures to grant - in return for remuneration in cash collected by an intermediary - residence permits for foreigners who do not meet the regulatory conditions, announces the detached public prosecutor of Saint-Martin.
At the end of the investigation and police custody, seven foreigners in an irregular situation (mainly Dominicans) are prosecuted for active corruption and fraudulent obtaining of administrative documents.
The intermediary - a resident Dominican, who works in the building - having collected the money and recovered the residence permits, and the former employee - a 45-year-old Saint-Martinoise-, were presented to the prosecution and presented themselves seen to notify Wednesday evening their summons to the correctional hearing of next October 18 in Saint Martin of the counts of active and passive corruption and assistance to the irregular stay.
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