A 48-year-old man from Hoogeveen and his 45-year-old woman were sentenced to emptying the bank account of their (step) son for the community service of 180 and 240 hours. In addition, they received a conditional prison sentence of one month and two months.
The woman got the highest punishment. She was also guilty of lighting up an energy company. To prepare the contracts, she used personal data of her stepson and an acquaintance.
At the end of 2023 the victims reported, including the (step) son. He was eighteen years old at the end of 2022 and received his first bank card. He also became boss of his own bank account. The sour money of side jobs were not on it. More than 20,000 euros had been transferred to the joint bank account of his father and wife. The transfers even went under his nose.
Both suspects were heard about this by the police. The father said he had saved the money for his son because he could not handle money. But where the money had gone, he had no answer. Both of the judge said that the boy himself had withdrawn the money by secretly removing his stepmother’s bank card. The judge called this story ‘unlikely’. No evidence was provided for this.
Despite the stubborn denial, the judge also finds the scam of the energy company proven by the woman. The agent who frequently heard her recognized her voice for the telephone conversations of the company. The woman pointed out her ex-partner, who would have previously recorded and abused her voice. The judge did not comment on this. The punishment is the same as the requirement of the public prosecutor. The couple must repay the stolen money.