SITTARD/MAASTRICHT - Eight residents of Sittard-Geleen are suspected of large-scale welfare fraud. Several tons are involved, according to the prosecution. The prosecution did not have exact figures ready yesterday during a pro forma hearing. The fraud committed by the four men and four women aged 29 to 60 allegedly took place in the period from Feb. 5, 2005 to Dec. 31, 2009. But the group is not only suspected of benefit fraud, some are also believed to be drug traffickers. They allegedly sold both soft and hard drugs. There was also evidence of prohibited possession of weapons among the suspects.
Hijacking and theft of electricity were once charged against the eight men from Sittard-Geleen. Lawyer Stef Bergmans questioned on behalf of his clients why an arrest unit was used in the arrests. "I would like to know what the rules are for that and why this procedure was used in this particular case," he said. The details for this will still be added to the file. The case will actually be taken up by the Maastricht court at the end of February 2013.
Maastricht - How the bassist of the Heideroosjes came into the picture in a child pornography case, the justice department will not say now. The
Heerlen/Stein - A data breach at telecom provider T-Mobile (now Odido) led to the theft of at least 112,000 euros worth of crypto currency.
Kerkrade - One of the two suspects in the robbery murder of Fabian Esser (33) on June 23, 2022 in Kerkrade
Brunssum - A 15-year-old investigation into an aggravated assault in Heerlen has been cracked open thanks to a DNA match. In November
The court sentenced a 58-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman from Apeldoorn for a series of arson attacks in their hometown. They
HELMOND - Jahangir A. is serving a 10-year prison sentence for the manslaughter of Els Slurink of Groningen, but had to be
Police have arrested three men for the stabbing Monday morning in Sittard that injured two people. Three men from
Roermond - Ivo T. (32) of Born was acquitted by the court in Roermond of abusing a 15-year-old
