Jumbo owner Frits van Eerd was released today but remains a suspect in the money laundering investigation, the prosecutor said. The 55-year-old entrepreneur from Brabant has been detained since Tuesday.
The 58-year-old main suspect from the municipality of Aa and Hunze is still in custody. A 57-year-old woman from Gasteren was also released, but she remains suspicious, just like Van Eerd.
Five suspects, also arrested in the case, had already been released earlier this week. They are a 48-year-old woman from Gasteren, a fifty-year-old woman from Assen, a 33-year-old man and a 46-year-old man from Assen and a 68-year-old man from Rosmalen. They too remain suspicious in the case.
On Tuesday there was a raid on Van Eerd’s estate in Heeswijk-Dinther. That action was part of a large money laundering investigation, in which raids were also carried out in other locations in the country. Van Eerd was then questioned. He’s a suspect in the case, as are eight others.
The prosecution suspects the nine are involved in money and goods laundering. This would be done through real estate, questionable cash deposits, automobile trading, and motor sports sponsorship. Jumbo is, among other things, sponsor of a motocross team. There would also be VAT fraud.
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