Wife of fugitive real estate developer Roger Lips arrested at her sister's cremation

Astrid Lips-van S., who, like her husband, was convicted of fraud and fled to Dubai, was arrested on Tuesday by FIOD detectives when she wanted to leave the funeral home after her sister's cremation.

The FIOD arrested the wife of the escaped real estate entrepreneur Roger Lips on Tuesday. The woman - like Lips convicted of bankruptcy fraud - was in the Netherlands for the cremation of her sister.

Astrid Lips, the wife of Roger Lips, who was convicted of fraud and fled to Dubai, was arrested on Tuesday by the Fiscal Intelligence and Investigation Service (FIOD). She was in the Netherlands for her sister's cremation. Like her husband, Astrid was convicted of fraud. She still has eighteen months to go to prison in the Netherlands. The couple, who come from Uden, fled to Dubai years ago. Lips' wife was arrested by FIOD investigators after th…