On Tuesday, April 11, the Fiscal Intelligence and Investigation Service (Fiod) arrested an Amsterdammer (26) and searched a home in connection with large-scale investment fraud. The Fiod suspects that he may have stolen 26 million euros from investors with a pyramid scheme or ponzi scheme.
The Fiod started an investigation into a 26-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman after a report from the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) against the man. Several banks had reported to the AFM that “large inexplicable transfers to the bank account” of the man took place. The banks therefore suspected a pyramid scheme or Ponzi scheme, in which one investment is paid out as a return to another investor.
During a search of the home of the 26-year-old – who are suspected of money laundering, offering investment services without a license and forgery – three cars with a total value of 700,000 euros were seized and jewelery and art worth 1 .5 million euros. The house with a value of 7.5 million euros was also seized.
The man has now been brought before the examining magistrate and will remain in custody for at least fourteen days. The woman, who is only suspected of money laundering, was allowed to go again after questioning.
The Fiod suspects that the man stole about 26 million euros from investors and “enriched himself privately, because part of the money was spent on a very luxurious lifestyle that includes expensive cars, jewelry, vacations, art and renting a private jet. ‘.
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