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The trial against former Jumbo CEO Frits van Eerd started on Monday. Van Eerd was arrested in September 2022 in an investigation into money laundering....
After almost three years, former Jumbo CEO Frits van Eerd will finally have his say in the large-scale criminal case in which he is a suspect. The former boss is suspected of bribery, forgery and money laundering. His lawyer has promised that Van Eerd - who was found to have almost half a million in cash - will answer the judge's questions himself. Follow the trial via our live blog.
Good morning! In the week in which half of the Netherlands is focused on the NATO summit that will take place in The Hague on Tuesday and Wednesday, we are following the economic…
Is Frits van Eerd guilty of bribery and money laundering? The Groningen court will consider this question next week. It has been almost three years since the then Jumbo CEO was arrested on his estate in Heeswijk-Dinther. He was subsequently held for questioning for four days. One of the questions is where the stacks of banknotes came from that were seized in September 2022. The money was found in envelopes behind a stack of books and in a refrig…
He was the great absentee in two preliminary court hearings. From Monday, the fallen Jumbo CEO Frits van Eerd will show his face in court during three substantive hearings. He has announced that he can refute all suspicions against him.
The criminal investigation into bribery and money laundering, among other things, has had a "huge impact" on former Jumbo CEO Frits van Eerd. "I managed one of the largest companies in the Netherlands for 25 years and from one day to the next I was out of bed because I was dragged out of bed. To this day I don't understand why I'm in this case," Van Eerd said emotionally at the end of the first day of the trial in Groningen.
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