LAGOS,Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) –Two Netherlands citizens, identified as Eline Holtes and Henricus Jacob De Kok, will stand trial before the Federal High Court in Lagos on April 17, 2024.
They are facing charges of theft amounting to $1,407,373, as brought forth by the Police Force Criminal Investigation Department.
The charges include conspiracy, obtaining by false pretense, and stealing.
The arraignment will take place alongside Damen Charter International 12 B.V., a company implicated in the case.
The charges are recorded under the charge number FHC/L/153c/24 and will be presided over by Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke.
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According to the prosecution presented by the Force CID’s prosecutor, S. O. Ayodele, the defendants are accused of conspiring to commit the offenses in question during the year 2019.
Holtes, De Kok, and the company are alleged to have fraudulently obtained $707,363.10 from NUE Offshore Resource by selling a vessel and falsely representing that its engine was manufactured in 2019, a claim they knew to be untrue.
Additionally, they are accused of stealing $700,000 from NUE Offshore Resource. The charges filed against them are in violation of Sections 8(a), 1(1)(c), 1(3), 383, and 390(9) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act, CAP A8 Vol 1, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, as stated by the police.
The arraignment before the Federal High Court signifies a crucial step in the legal process as the defendants face these serious allegations of financial impropriety.