A series of police raids in the Netherlands yesterday have seen nine arrests in what is being reported in Dutch media as an investigation into money-laundering.
Amongst nine individuals reportedly arrested is Frits van Eerd, CEO of the country’s major supermarket chain ‘Jumbo’, driver for his own Racing Team Nederland LMP2 team in IMSA this season and a major sponsor of multiple sporting teams and personalities in his home country.
Whist van Eerd is reported not to be the prime suspect in the case reports have confirmed that his home and business premises have been raided and searched by Police and other agencies.
Those raids are further reported to be intended to secure and preserve evidence linked, according to State prosecutors, to a fraud involving money and goods laundered through real estate transactions, car dealerships, unexplained cash deposits and sponsorship contracts in motocross sport. There is also a reported suspicion of VAT fraud in the car trade.
There are currently no reports that the investigation is focused on van Eerd as a prime suspect, or that his business, or indeed his own sporting programmes is under suspicion.
