At four buildings in Den Bosch of the notorious landlord David D., fraud was discovered on Friday with electricity and gas meters. According to a tenant, the municipality and Enexis were concerned about the safety of the residents of the buildings, after D. was arrested in May for the lighting of tenants. The pawn maker is said to have earned more than 800,000 euros by having tenants pay too many service and energy costs.
The municipality and Enexis carried out checks on Friday at buildings on Brugstraat, Oisterwijkstraat and Van Heurnstraat. The police were also present during the checks. In at least four buildings it turned out to be tampered with the electricity and gas meters. It seems that stamps have been broken and meter readings have been reversed. Tenants report this to Omroep Brabant. Both Enexis and the municipality refuse any comments.
New meters
The meters that are fraudulent were removed by Enexis and taken for further research. The network management has installed new meters so that the tenants are not without gas and electricity.
A tenant reports that new meters were installed last week at another building on the Brugstraat. The municipality and Enexis seem to have a big job on the checks of all meters. The pawn owner has dozens of buildings in Den Bosch.
The 54-year-old David D. was arrested on 27 May in his house in Vught. Bank accounts were also seized and several expensive cars were removed. D. was released one day after his arrest, but remains the suspect in the case.
Falsification
He would have had his tenants pay more over a period of ten years through advances than they actually used in gas and electricity. An accountant helped him with that. Tenants who did not trust things and came up with questions received a falsified settlement from the accountant. The accountant was previously interrogated and is also a suspect in the case.
In the past, the landlord spoke out several times in the media about the ‘image of the house fancier’. For example, he told Omroep Brabant about his work: “We ensure by thinking along and being creative that more homes are added to the housing stock.”
In 2022, D. was on the list of the ‘fifty largest pawn bosses’. He was in three, with seventy buildings in his possession, of which 62 in Den Bosch.