In the Optima file, former CEO Jeroen Piqueur draws the short straw three times before the Court of Appeal until further notice.
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Jeroen Piqueur, the former CEO of the wealth planner Optima – which also included the former Optima Bank that went bankrupt – faces several legal setbacks.
The Court of Appeal has confirmed the bankruptcy of Jeroen Piqueur’s management company, Imaco nv. In another judgment, Piqueur’s personal bankruptcy was also confirmed and in another judgment, Piqueur is not covered by a commitment of 20 million euros. This also concerns a judgment at the level of the Court of Appeal.
According to curator Hans De Meyer of Optima Bank, these are three important, but above all moral victories. It is now looking forward to the further course of the criminal file. The public prosecutor’s office previously requested the referral of fourteen parties to the criminal court. However, the defense requested additional investigative acts.
Nevertheless, the judgment in connection with the commitment of 20 million euros from Jeroen Piqueur is not unimportant. This commitment came at the strong insistence of the National Bank, the regulator. Piqueur had to guarantee that Optima Bank would be financially strengthened.
According to Piqueur, he was forced into that commitment. He fought the union in vain. His wife, Benedicte Schumacher, also contested the agreement.
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