Official: France’s health insurance agency to file complaint in breast implant scandal

PARIS — France’s national health insurance agency will file a criminal complaint in a breast implant scandal, an official said Saturday, after authorities recommended that women with potentially faulty implants have them removed and agreed to pay for the procedure.
The agency will file the complaint for deception and fraud in the coming days, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity citing policy. It will most likely not name specific people or the company behind the implants, though specific targets could be added later.
“It now appears pretty clear that these breast implants did not meet the specifications imposed for these products,” the insurance agency’s director, Frederic Van Roekeghem, told France Info radio. “That will surely have damaging consequences for the patients ... and there will be a significant cost for social security also and so in this context it’s normal and natural for us to file a complaint.”
He added that a civil suit would also likely follow.
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