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Court case against three businessmen for controversial face mask deal to begin today

The court case against Sywert van Lienden, Camille van Gestel, and Bernd Damme about the controversial face mask deal is set to get underway at the court of Rotterdam on Thursday. The Public Prosecution Service is also prosecuting their personal holdings and joint company Relief Goods Alliance. Van Lienden and his business partners finalized a deal with the Ministry of …

"No more money troubles," celeb texted accomplices in dodgy face mask deal

The government’s lawyer revealed new evidence in the civil case around the dodgy face mak deal showing that Sywert van Lienden and his partners, Bernd van Damme and Camiel van Gestel, were out to get rich from an early stage. Van Lienden texted his partners: “So we won’t become multimillionaires after all.” A month later, when they were in the …

Three men face court for fraud, forgery in €100m face mask deal

Three men who made millions of euros selling face masks to the government during the coronavirus pandemic will face criminal prosecution, the public prosecution department said on Thursday. Sywert van Lienden and the two other members of the Hulptroepen Alliantie face charges of fraud, embezzlement, forgery and money laundering, the department said in a statement. Van Lienden, Bernd Damme and …

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Sywert van Lienden will be prosecuted for fraud, embezzlement for dodgy face mask deal

The Public Prosecution Service will prosecute Sywert van Lienden and two other directors of the Stichting Hulptroepen Alliantie. Central to this case is a deal for supplying face masks Van Lienden and his partners made with the Dutch government at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Separately from the criminal prosecution, the Dutch government also sued Van Lienden and his …

Investigators spied on journalists in dodgy face mask deal; State files civil suit

Investigators looking into any criminality in the Dutch government's controversial deal to acquire face masks via the Relief Goods Alliance spied on a meeting between Sywert van Lienden, his business partners Bernd Damme and Camille van Gestel, and three journalists from De Correspondent. The OM is conducting the criminal investigation into Van Lienden, Damme and Van Gestel in the face …

Recordings show "non-profit” face mask dealers were after millions, not philanthropy

Sywert van Lienden and his associates were out for a “commercial adventure” since early in the controversial face mask deal they made with the Ministry of Public Health, the Volkskrant reports based on recordings of conversations they had. “We’ll simply bring that shit to the Netherlands, and we’ll become millionaires,” Van Lienden said in a recorded conversation on 12 April …

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Report into controversial €20m face mask deal delayed until September

The conclusion of an inquiry into former CDA party activist Sywert van Lienden and two associates who earned €20 million in a controversial face mask deal has been delayed until the autumn. Long-term care and sport minister Conny Helder told MPs that the investigation by Deloitte, which has already lasted a year and cost more than €4.7 million, would publish …

Former health minister publishes face mask text messages

Former health minister Hugo de Jonge has made public dozens of pages of text messages from himself and his political advisor about efforts to acquire enough face masks and other PPE at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The move comes ahead of Thursday’s parliamentary debate on the face mask scandal, in which the government paid €100 million for masks …