Former Minister sentenced to 20 months in prison
WILLEMSTAD - The Court of First Instance of Curaçao today sentenced a former Minister of Health, Environment and Nature, her husband and a former friend of that spouse for fraud corruption. A policy advisor from More...
Female civil servant sold residence permits, OM demands imprisonment
WILLEMSTAD - A 49-year-old Curaçao woman stood before a judhe in the Valencia case yesterday. She is suspected by the Public Prosecution (OM) of abusing her position as a clerk at the "intake" department at the More...
Former President Central Bank to appear before the judge
WILLEMSTAD - Former bank president Emsley Tromp is again before the judge today, it is a pre-trial session. Earlier, Tromp was acquitted of deliberate million fraud. But the Public Prosecution (OM) appealed and More...
Fraudsters in drivers’ licenses case to appear in court on June 29
WILLEMSTAD - The investigation into fraud with driver's licenses has been completed. Next week Friday 11 people will appear before a judge in the court, including officials from the Department of Drivers’ License. They More...
Case against InselAir fraudsters suspended
PHILIPSBURG - The trial of two former InselAir employees accused of defrauding airline InselAir of approximately US $100,000 will resume June 22, the Judge in the Court of First Instance decided Wednesday. InselAir More...
Venezuela: Maduro rival Henri Falcon demands new election
CARACAS - Venezuela presidential challenger calls for new election as Canada slaps new sanctions on the Latin American country. President Nicolas Maduro’s closest challenger in this month’s presidential polls, More...
FAS files a complaint: Former government formateur guilty of fraud
WILLEMSTAD - Law firm FCW Legal incorrectly claimed a large number of hours in late 2013 and early 2014 for a lawsuit between a number of board members of Tayer Soshal (Social Workplace) and the Government of Curaçao. More...
Arrests for fraud with prescriptions
WILLEMSTAD - This week three house searches took place in Curaçao, namely in North Rozendaal, Kaya Dal Pega and the Cassandraweg. The searches were conducted in the presence of a magistrate and a Public Prosecutor More...
Eric Garcia summoned by Public Prosecutor
WILLEMSTAD - The Public Prosecution (OM) Curaçao has summoned Eric Garcia (Curaçao, 1940) for a pre-trial review on April 18, 2018. During the pre-trial session, the legal counsel will be given the opportunity More...
Update: Curaçao Blue Bank denies facilitating fraud by oil traders
WILLEMSTAD - Curaçao-based Blue Bank International denies having been aware of fraud by some defendants in a corruption case involving large oil traders and the Venezuelan oil company PdVSA. The bank says that More...
