One of the nine suspects in the large-scale money laundering investigation is 68-year-old Hans V., owner of the site of the former amusement park De Vluchtheuvel near Norg.
Hans V. acknowledges to the newspaper that the sponsorship contract between his son and Jumbo was concluded after mediation by the main suspect Theo E. “But that sponsorship contract is completely correct” and “nothing was ever paid in cash,” he says.
V. and E. used to be business partners, the FD reports. In 2013, V. handed over his car trade in Drenthe to the main suspect. Hans V. was also a shareholder in E.’s lease company Total Trust, which went bankrupt in 2018.
The investigation by the police, FIOD, the Functional Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Northern Netherlands Public Prosecutor’s Office focuses specifically on various money laundering constructions in which money and goods have been laundered. This money laundering was done through real estate transactions, car trading, unexplained cash deposits and sponsorship contracts in the motocross sport. In addition, there is a suspicion of VAT fraud in the car trade.