Two years in prison was demanded against Frits van Eerd from Heeswijk Dinther for the court. Eight months are conditional. Co -suspect Theo E. heard four years in prison demanding. “They have been guilty of financially undermining crime on a large scale,” said the public prosecutor.
Reading the indictment took about four hours. Just like on the first Process Day on Monday, the history was extensively considered. Theo E. (61) and Frits van Eerd (58) have known each other for about 25 years. Jumbo sponsored various motocroses teams from E.
Contact
In 2014, Theo E. was arrested and the judiciary exposed a crime network around this car dealer from Drenthe. Jumbo stopped the sponsor contracts and contacts. “E. and Van Eerd thought differently and the contact was concealed by Jumbo,” the OM states, because the sponsorship continued.
“Their relationship should have been definitively broken in 2014. For whatever reason that did not happen.” (..) Van Eerd should have learned from that criminal investigation, but he has “lost” on the person of E “.
‘Nice gift’
The prosecutors went by the things that would have received from Eerd one by one. Various cross bikes. The criminal investigation intercepted various chats from Van Eerd, such as: “That’s a nice gift !!!”
Then there was a classic Mercedes from 1957 that E. supplied, a deal that went shadowy. And certainly six tool boxes that E. supplied.
Low -loader
The suspects said rather that everything went according to the rules and went legally. But according to the OM it was a ‘gift’ meaningful, according to the OM, also the delivery of a trailer, a low -loader in 2022.
It was worth more, but Van Eerd got him for less. “That is crime,” the police caught when he listened to. Van Eerd signed three sponsor invoices in exchange for that low -loader for 145,000 euros. The police registered something striking via the tap. Van Eerd was silent for 12 seconds and then said: “And who are we going to sponsor?”
The OM spoke of a pattern of ‘gifts’ for years. E. also made those gifts for ‘maintaining the relationship’.
Bribe and bribed
In many cases nothing has been found on paper from a purchase. “The many presents were all meant to spawn from Eerd and move to sponsorships.” The OM summarized it as follows: “Theo E. is the brudder, Van Eerd the bribed”.
The OM states that there was sometimes a contract with a racing team, but a gift went to Van Eerd underground. The Public Prosecution Service stated that he also killed his family. “He kept his family in the dark. He is explicitly concerned that things stay out of sight.”
Secretly
According to the OM, Van Eerd had every reason to secretly arrange it from now on. After the events in 2014, Jumbo introduced strict rules with code yellow, for a healthy corporate culture with honesty and transparency. “He has stepped down the rules,” said the officer who described it as “breach of duty.”
One of the accusations at Van Eerd is money laundering of almost 427,000 euros. The original amount was slightly higher, but the OM could not prove a small part.
Refrigerator
Part of that money hidden in a jumbotas in a fridge. ‘Risky and unusual’ to save money like that, the officer said. He kept a stack of witnesses statements. All people who explained where that alleged black money came from. But according to the prosecutor there are quite a few explanations unreliable and even made up. The OM saw Van Eerd influenced him around him and spoke of “lack of respect for the judicial authorities”.
Impact
The officer sees the impact and the consequences for Frits van Eerd but called him responsible for his own behavior. “It didn’t teach him anything”.
The officer suggested various motives why he did this, after the warning in 2014, but is not sure either. Was it the reduction of the money? Was it the pressure he could not resist? Did he continue the sponsorship because he was afraid that E. would do something?
This afternoon Van Eerd’s lawyer will speak with the plea. The plea of Theo E. follows Thursday. Then two co -suspects also come to court.