In the Roermond corruption affair, the Public Prosecutor (OM) Tuesday two year unconditional prison sentence for the former VVD ringleader Jos van Rey. He would have bribed by real estate entrepreneur Pete Pol. Against him demanding the OM also 24 months in prison.
against the third suspect, former VVD alderman Tilman Schreurs, the prosecution demands a community service of 180 hours. Moreover, the Public Prosecution requests that the court of Rey and Schreurs bans respectively three and two years to hold a management position with a government agency.
Former councilor Jos van Rey arrives with his lawyer Gitte Stevens at the court in Rotterdam (Reuters / Remko de Waal)
Reuters / Remko de Waal
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From Rey and Schreurs have ‘let wrap’ property millionaire by Van Pol as councilors in Roermond, according to the OM. In return, Van Pol, received preferential treatment by the municipality, under the influence of Van Rey and Schreurs.
Van Pol and his friend Rey formed “an unwritten unity”, the OM quotes from the testimony of the director of housing Housing Limburg. “What was good for Van Pol, was good for the city and was in a political way good for Jos’, citing the OM high local official.
Million Damage
according to the OM unauthorized ‘intertwining of commerce and public administration ‘Van Pol and Van Rey, the municipality alone with two real estate projects generated a loss of at least € 5 million, the OM said. Which may amount to direct loss € 7.4 million. “Most of it flowed unnecessary pockets of Pol ‘, the OM states.
That damage, according to the plaintiffs caused by the municipality of Roermond on its own housing the municipal Office has purchased from the hands of Piet van Pol ‘for € 1.8 million above the value.” The prosecution calculates the loss to the municipality at the ECI Cultuurfabriek in an amount between € 3.14 million and € 5.6 million. That pledge took the town of Van Pol about.
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It notes on the OM ‘that it is actually strange that the church anyway dough money for the ECI property. Because there is already millions of grant and the property has been developed for the account and risk of the project. The purchase price is ultimately paid, the municipality has however been almost entirely accounted for commercial risks.
Van Pol and Schreurs is only accused of bribery. But OM Van Rey except of corruption suspects electoral fraud and money laundering. In the election fraud involves the systematic recruitment by Van Rey blank proxies to cast votes on behalf of voters Roermond.
at laundering involves concealing Van Rey money that came from the company Liba. Upon the establishment of the BV Rey’s was 19-year-old son, managing director and his daughter became a shareholder. But the actual owner of the company was, according to the Public Prosecutor of senior Rey himself. All expenses and € 175,000 in revenue from Liba were, according to the Public Prosecutor directly linked to Jos van Rey.
Aegon daughter Meeus
from Rey Liba abused according to prosecutors for ‘tax evasion’ with the consultant fee he received from Aegon subsidiary Meeus after selling his insurance office in Roermond Meeus. Because these fees to run through Liba, Van Rey, according to the officers concealed that his fees were Meeus personal income. The thus created tax-free cash flow in the company of Rey turned according to the public with false invoices for personal expenses, which he partly also elsewhere – to the municipality for example – not declare
the prosecution characterizes Van Rey’s behavior as” shocking “and” incomprehensible. ” The lawyer Van Rey, Gitte Stevens, described the claim against her client after the indictment as “This was to be expected.” She will next week speak. The following week following the defense of Van Pol and Schreurs.
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