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 …
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 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 …