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NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 14:11
The financial investigation service FIOD has arrested three suspects from the municipalities of Tiel and Oosterhout for investment fraud. It concerns a woman of 37 and two men of 31 and 39. The homes, bank accounts, horses, cars, luxury goods, cash, gold and jewelery of the three have been seized.
All three are suspected of embezzlement and money laundering, makes known to the FIOD. The woman is also suspected of offering investment services without a license, fraud and forgery. She would have received 56 million euros under management with beautiful promises.
Various consumers had reported possible fraud to the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets. The woman suggested investments at the companies Best Choice, Airfeet BV and Xerof BV with a return of 10 to 12 percent per month.
Dollars and gold
“She tells interested parties that she can achieve this return by trading exchange rate differences between the dollar and gold,” the FIOD reports. “On an annual basis, this means that investors’ investment could return by 200 percent.” The woman had been doing this for about two years.
The investigation service reports that a “significant part” of customers’ deposits was not spent on the promised investments, but on homes, luxury cars, expensive (sports) horses and crypto currencies. Most likely false invoices were used and the suspects had a network of companies, says the FIOD.
Consumers are warned not to invest with the three companies. Victims of the investment fraud can report to the FIOD.
2023-08-23 12:11:05
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