Notorious Dutch scammer is already committing facts in our country: « A persistent recidivist » (inland)
Cor Roseboom is not ready for his test piece: since 1994 he has been guilty of fraud time and time again. – © AVROTROS
The 52-year-old Dutchman Cornelis ‘Cor’ Roseboom had to answer in Hasselt on Monday after he scammed four Limburg companies. The former contractor has been notorious in the Netherlands for more than 30 years. His name falls into hundreds of small and large scams.
Since 1994, the man has been building a dubious list when it comes to scams and forgery. In the Netherlands he has been behind bars for four years. In Belgium he already appeared in the Antwerp, Bruges and Ostend region. Last year the suspect stopped in Limburg. Also because he can’t go anywhere in the Netherlands. According to almost the same modus operandi, he worked at four companies. On August 14, he bought a robotic lawnmower for 1,700 euros. To persuade the seller, the accused showed a falsified transfer of his accountant. And he was gone without finally paying.
Ten days later the man struck again. Now he bought two decorative images at a company in Lommel. Paying did the fifties with a false note of 500 euros. He left a name card and made the promise to buy outdoor kitchens. In the caught, he denied having deposited fake money. The fact that there were also counterfeit notes in his car, his story did not make a virtue. At a hardware store in Tessenderlo, he loaded his cart for 4,000 euros. Again the suspect showed a falsified print screen of the so -called payment. On September 24 it was prize for the last time. For 3,000 euros he bought goods in Lommel. Again a forged certificate was brought out and he blamed his accountant. Soon his arrest followed and the Dutchman turned out to be in possession of forbidden weapons such as a folding knife, pepper spray and a telescopic baton.
Prohibition
The attorney labeled Roseboom as a master scammer. « Now he has moved his activities to Belgium. It is a persistent recidivist. I progress three years in prison, 4,000 euros in a fine and a ten -year driver’s ban. I ask three months in prison and 1,600 euros for the possession of weapons. » His lawyer, Lynn Clerinx, was talking about no sympathetic file. According to her, the recidivism was low because the man has had his own business since January. She asked not to impose the driver’s ban on the driver and pointed out that the man has been in prison since the end of September. Clerinx suggested to impose a sentence with a delay, except for the part that the man was already in custody. « Moreover, the payment term of some invoices had not yet expired in his arrest, » she said that the fifties were planning to bring out his portfolio. Judgment on April 28.
