That happened Wednesday and Thursday at companies that manage mailboxes in the Netherlands who presumably used in the fraud, the prosecution reports (OM). No arrests have been made.
The six companies and drivers here are in focus, suspected of (involvement in) fraud and attempted fraud. There would be hundreds of thousands of people have been duped worldwide. False letters, the victims were tempted to transfer money.
The total amount of fraud is probably in the millions of euros.
Civil complaint victims
Along with the action of the FIOD, the US Department of Justice on behalf of hundreds of thousands of victims filed a civil complaint against two of the accused companies and a director in the Netherlands.
the main suspects are not in the Netherlands. Dutch companies and their directors have a facilitating role in the fraud, the prosecution thinks. The presumption is that the main suspects many millions of letters sent to people in the United States, Britain, Switzerland, Italy, France, Japan and many more countries.
The various letters are approximately three hundred different mailbox numbers called in the Netherlands. The six suspect Dutch companies would manage a large part of the post office boxes, empty pick up and process the post. Part of the money they should probably keep as payment for the services.
Commercial Properties
The FIOD searched six business premises in Amsterdam, Heerlen, Utrecht and in the regions Wijk bij Duurstede and Horn. It was also a safe and a house in the region scoured Wijk bij Duurstede. Furthermore, the FIOD looked at two residences in the municipalities Drechterland and Heerlen
There are -. Except records – thousands of envelopes containing cash or checks seized. Utrecht were pallets with hundreds of thousands of printed letters found. Furthermore, about half a million were cash, checks, watches, art, cars (including a Porsche) and funds intercepted in bank accounts
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