A 51-Year-old Woman From Pijnacker was sentenced on Thursday to a prison term of Forty months for defrauding a good friend or about 875,000 euros. She had song about Being in Financial Trouble.
The Woman Convinced Her Friend With Fabricated Stories Multiple Times to Lend Her Money. She Claimed, Among Other Things, That Her Nail Salon was on the Verge of Bankruptcy, that money would be released after a won Lawsuit, and that would soon receive financial support from the Municipality.
She Put the Victim Under Pressure Several Times to Transfer Money To Her, As Evided by WhatsApp Messages.
Accordance to the Judge, The Woman was Guilty of Fraud. In Addition to the Prison Sentence, She Must Pay the Victim 989,000 euros in damages. That is the amount for which the woman was defrauded, including interest.
Accordance to the Judge, the Woman Acted Calculatedly and Refined and made “Serious Abuse of the Helpfulness and Vulnerability of the Victim”. “She equipmently only thought or her own financial gain and in no way tok into account the interests and feelings of the victim. The woman also had no regard for the financial problems she caused to the victim.”
The son of the convicted Woman was suspected of laundering part of the money, but was acquired.