EPPO investigates a suspected €18M fraud involving EU recovery funds in France, examining alleged procurement and subsidy irregularities linked to post-pandemic economic support programmes

The case concerns suspected fraud in public procurement financed by the European Regional Development Fund and REACT-EU, with funds intended to support local companies’ post-pandemic economic recovery. Searches took place in Ajaccio, Corsica, and surrounding areas on 27 and 28 May 2026, with documents and digital evidence seized as EPPO’s Paris office continues the investigation with support from France’s OCLCIFF anti-corruption office…