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The Flight of Electricity via the Linky Meter: It Costs €8 per Year to Each French

On 6 January last, the criminal court in Valenciennes ruled what could be called an electric crime. A man was tried there for organizing a network of fraud on the Linky counter, installing illegal diversions – called shunts – allowing to reduce the electricity bills of his customers by almost 70% for remuneration. This man is tried for a total of 77 crimes committed between 2023 and 2024. Tens of thousands of euros diverted and a damage to Enedi…
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On 6 January last, the criminal court in Valenciennes ruled what could be called an electric crime. A man was tried there for organizing a network of fraud on the Linky counter, installing illegal diversions – called shunts – allowing to reduce the electricity bills of his customers by almost 70% for remuneration. This man is tried for a total of 77 crimes committed between 2023 and 2024. Tens of thousands of euros diverted and a damage to Enedi…

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Révolution Energétique broke the news in on Wednesday, January 14, 2026.
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