Copenhagen County dommervagt remand today a 30-year-old somali man, who is charged with extensive fraud on the national board of social services.
the Man has been wanted since november and was arrested in Copenhagen Airport Friday shortly after 12 o’clock.
A second 30-year-old man already jailed in the case, but refuses to commit.
According to the charges, they have both through several years milked the Danish taxpayers money from Socialstyrelsens of social affairs. Thus, they must have submitted a large number of applications for support for projects to help the poor, but which was never implemented.
One of the applications referred to in paragraph a targeted rehabiliteringstilbud to somali khatmisbrugere, a second project was to help traumatized syrian refugees, while a third application seeking money to help disadvantaged minorities.
In total, national board of social services have paid 972.000 crowns to the two men’s projects, i.e. according to police was fictitious. In addition, the 30-year-old man, which was produced in grundlovsforhør Saturday charged with an additional relation, which he in 2014 must have received the button of 300,000 crowns from the rate adjustment pool.
in Order to get it all to slide, provided the accused, allegedly the papers with a fake signature, which purported to belong to a chartered accountant. The reason is they are not just charged with fraud of particularly serious nature, but also for forgery.
In court was the somaliskfødte man clad in a light crumpled black jacket and pants and a light blue denim shirt. He was kortklippet and confirmed on formfuldent English name and date of birth to the judge.
After the prosecutor had read a total of 17 charges up, announced the defender Thorkild Høyer, that his client pleaded guilty in part of the charges, but denied the rest.
The circumstances about the defendants ‘ version of the case, got the audience, however, not allowed to hear, when the judge – in spite of protests from both the defence and the Ekstra released – chose to close the doors of regard to the investigation and possible medgerningsmænd on the loose.
In the end, the judge following the prosecutor’s request for pre-trial detention in the four days leading up to 19. december.
It was the national board of social services themselves, who submitted a review in the matter to the Police 8. October. It is reviewed approximately 30 relationship of fraud to a value of approximately 4.5 million dollars.
in Addition, there is the suspicion of attempt at fraud, for the time being about 9.5 million dollars, which it is not, however, have managed to get the money.
the Case came to light shortly after the case of Britta Nielsen, who is suspected to have defrauded at least 111 million dollars from the national board of social services.
Despite the remarkable coincidence is that according to the social security Mai Mercado (K), however, no correlation between the two cases.