Two Limburg administrators, independently of one another, have stolen some four tons from more than two hundred clients. Their victims were vulnerable people who were busy with the elimination of huge debts.
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Justice is working on a criminal case in both cases, a spokesman confirms after asking questions from L1.
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Thousands of euros gambled
The biggest ‘blow’ was hit by Roel D. (37), now a former administrator from Bunde. He paid for his gambling addiction by picking money from the accounts of his 178 clients. In total, at least three tons flowed to his own account, according to information from L1. Roel broke in April 2018 and confessed his malpractice.
Far-reaching process
He was a wsnp administrator, someone who takes people with towering debts by the hand to solve their problems. Such a process takes three to five years and is generally experienced as very radical. Limburg currently has nineteen wsnp administrators, which further underlines that not everyone is allowed to guide such a process. Like other administrators, Roel worked in court. Court of Limburg said goodbye to him after his confession and reported it.
Robbed clients
Earlier a similar situation occurred with Rick E. (33), a former administrator from Geleen. Although he had no gambling addiction and was not a wsnp administrator, Rick also transferred money from more than seventy clients to his private account. He is said to have enriched himself with at least 90,000 euros.
Low capacity
Rick was suspended as an administrator in October 2016, but just like in the case against ‘colleague’ Roel, it has not yet come from a criminal case. “Both cases are similar,” a justice spokesperson said. “The investigation is still ongoing. The longer lead time has to do with the limited capacity that the Public Prosecution Service in Limburg has to investigate this type of fraud.”
“No priority”
That things have been on the shelf for so long is against the sore leg of the victims. “They are annoyed. Their case does not have any priority at law, because it takes a lot of manpower and a lot of research,” says lawyer Steve Zuidema, who assists different clients in both cases. “One simply pays vacations and own bills from the money of these people, the other brings it directly to the casino. Something has to be done with this.”
All victims now have a new administrator, where necessary.
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