Caritas refuses to issue session documents

One of the big questions about the 61 million euro fraud that Caritas shaked is also who knew what when. The special commission of the Chamber, which has been committed to dealing with the scandal, therefore asked at Caritas about the corresponding meeting protocols from the Board of Directors from last year. So it should be reconstructed how certain decisions were made.

However, this now refused to management the relief organization with reference to the ongoing investigations. « Unfortunately, due to the current procedural status, it is not possible for us to provide you with the desired documents, » says a letter dated on Monday to the special commission that is available to the « Luxembourg word ».

Former head of operation contradicts the board of directors

The question is particularly explosive by a radio interview that the former head of operations at Caritas, Tom Brassel, two weeks ago the broadcaster 100.7 gave.

Brassel said that on June 6, 2024, he informed the Vice President of the Board of Directors Pit Bouché that Caritas had taken major credit lines with the banks. The administrative councils of the relief organization had always assured that they had only heard about the banks on July 15, 2024, shortly before the scandal penetrated the public.

The representatives of Caritas contradict this in the cover letter, which was signed by Nathalie Frisch from Fondation and Patrick de Rond for Caritas Accueil et Solidarité.

« We would also like to confirm at this point that the allegations raised by certain people, according to which the board members were already known to the suspicious financial flows or credit lines before July 15, 2024, » said.

« It was only on the evening of July 15, 2024 that the board of directors of the units concerned were informed about the existing concerns about the financial situation of the units. From this point on, the board of directors of the units concerned initiated the necessary measures and asked for detailed explanations by the next day. »

Representatives of BGL BNP Paribas don’t say much

These statements were the reason for a criminal complaint dated July 16, 2025, which was carried out on the express instruction of the board. The fact that the aid organization does not want to pass on the protocols to the Chamber Committee due to the ongoing investigation, Taina Bofferding from the LSAP « Special », especially because information about the interior of the Board of Directors is already circulating in the media. It is reminiscent of a letter from Caritas from January, in which the legal basis of the special commission was questioned. « That is part of it, » says Bofferding.

In addition, the special commission interviewed the representatives of the second bank on Wednesday morning, which Caritas had granted a credit line as part of the fraud: BGL BNP Paribas.

After the representatives of the Spuerkeess had already blocked the most questions with reference to banking secrecy and ongoing investigations on Monday, according to Bofferding, the meeting on Wednesday was even more enormous. « If you don’t say anything anyway, you shouldn’t have come at all, » said the MP after the meeting.