Former postal boss Jean-Paul Van Avermaet has to defend himself on December 8 before American judge Tanya Chutkan.
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The matter revolves around manipulation of tenders for security contracts when he was director of G4S. Van Avermaet does not have to go to the US for this, but will – as was the case for two of his ex-employees before – do so via video call or telephone, the website of Van Avermaet says. The time. That day will have to become clear whether Van Avermaet pleads guilty.
The fact that his former associates have already pleaded guilty does not make further denying obvious. In that case, he faces an expensive lawsuit and risks a maximum prison sentence of ten years and a fine of millions.
Judge Chutkan has been working on the G4S case for a long time. She often gets important files under her care. For example, she recently ruled that former President Donald Trump must hand over documents to the special committee of the House of Representatives that investigates the storming of the Capitol on January 6. Van Avermaet did not respond to calls for clarification on Wednesday.
In Belgium, the competition watchdog BMA is working on the file. At the end of this month, the mandate of the Auditor General in charge of the file ends. It remains to be seen what the priorities of his successor will be.
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