A 53-year-old man has been sentenced to 24 months in prison, of which 9 months on probation, because he embezzled nearly 1.5 million euros from his employer Waternet. The man must also repay the embezzled money to the state.
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The man worked in Waternet’s finance department. Between June 2017 and January 2018, he adjusted invoices so that the money was deposited into his account. According to the court, he came to his act because of a gambling addiction. He would have gambled most of the money.
The court finds it heavy against the man that he was calculating, among other things by preventing the embezzlement from coming to light earlier, and because it concerns tax money. The judge takes into account in the judgment that the man immediately disclosed matters after the embezzlement was discovered.
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