Rotselaar The Leuven court conducts an investigation into illegal practices of credit broker Kris B. (55) from Rotselaar. His favorite clients: the weakest members of society with money problems. At least 8 people sold for an apple and an egg their house B. to the then back to rent at extortionate prices.
At the Leuven court fell eight complaints within a civil action against Kris B. All victims who claim to have been scammed by the credit broker. All they got B. on the floor when she is on one of his many kredietsites, such as without a bank.be, the shortest way to money and trying to find because they are in financial problems. The lender, with offices in Schaarbeek, Charleroi and Liège, and always came with the same solution. “There is nothing for it but to sell your house to me.”
With the thought that it is a temporary sale, zeulde everyone to a befriended notary from Werchter to the act in order to bring. It would be the same notary public eye have toegeknepen when everything was signed. “Even the cost of registration fees, he pulls off the low sale price so that the sellers do pay the price. And in the notarial deed the just vice versa. In addition, he promises them that their house can later buy back for the same price, but there is never anyone in successful. In fact, he lubricates them an additional loan that would allow them to renovation work to perform the house to appreciate. Then rent out he house back to them and he saves the rent because the property in the meantime is worth more. He really makes abuse of those people and their situation. Most of them are sick, old, retarded, or even illiterate. He chooses his victims very well,” says Eric Van Hauwermeiren, the attorney of one of the civil parties.
Tip of the iceberg
“But I fear that this is just the tip of the iceberg as you know that in the land registry office 80 houses to his name. Good for a value of more than 8 million euros. Many people experiment with their story not to come out of shame. A couple in Wichelen loved to 4.000 euro after the sale of their house that 250,000 euros was estimated. To get their house back to be able to buy accounts for interest at a rate of 13 percent. So to tempt everyone to the selling price as low as possible.”
Kris B. has worked for many years in the banking industry until, in 1997, the firm Kredietpartner founded. Also Creditvite and Immovite saw the daylight. Through Immovite be the purchased houses are rented. “I have no criminal offences committed. Everything is within the legal standards expired”, responds B. on the allegations. “At that moment, there was for which people have no other way out. The manner in which those sales happened, is common in many European countries. Only in Belgium are the little. I don’t think there is but even one victim is,” says B. He must be next month to justify the court in Dendermonde on similar facts. But according to B. will it be in Leuven never come to that.
