Knowledgebase
CRIMINAL COMPLAINT FILED WITH THE PUBLIC PROSECUTION SERVICE REGARDING CRIMINAL CONDUCT BY ATTORNEY MERIJN VAN LEEUWEN
On August 26, 2026, attorney Merijn van Leeuwen filed a criminal complaint with the Public Prosecutor at the District Public Prosecutor's Office in The Hague on behalf of the Stichting Herstel Ongekend Onrecht (Foundation for Redress of Unprecedented Injustice) and the Belangenvereniging Gedupeerde Ondernemers Toeslagen/FSV/MKB (Association for Affected Entrepreneurs in the Benefits/FSV/SME sector). The complaint calls for an investigation into potentially criminal acts in violation of the Constitution, specifically the withholding of information vital to parents, entrepreneurs, and their representatives (including journalists, lawyers, and judges). The Benefits department was not the only entity involved in harming families. The hunt for fraud targeting entrepreneurs, which included the use of a population management tool to select parents, is a criminal offense.
Hundreds of entrepreneurs are suing the state: 'Tax authorities destroyed us'
The benefits scandal is getting a vicious tail. Hundreds of entrepreneurs are suing the state. They believe that, like allowance parents, they were unfairly branded as fraudsters. Due to an accumulation of errors at government agencies, they then got into serious problems, is the blame.Anne BoerMay 5, 2026, 06:00 Entrepreneurs not only got into major problems privately as a result of the benefits affair, but also lost their companies as a result. They want the state to also compensate for their damage, but first of all they want help to get up and build a future.Thousands of entrepreneurs duped Paula Bouwer from Amersfoort herself is a victim and initiator of the action. She lost her hospitality businesses, assets and health. She estimates that at least 8,000 entrepreneurs were affected. She bases this on conversations with victims and figures in government documents itself. An official number is still missing.
PWC research - Reconstruction of 'Memo Palms' including answers to Parliamentary Committee questions
Reconstruction and timeline Memo Palms: PWC Research September 2021 5.1. Research question concerning the establishment of the timeline and distribution of the 'MemoPalmen' 110 The research question from the Ministry of Finance is: “Create a timeline...
PWC Reports FSV SME
Click on the link below: pwc-research-fsv-mkb-1 Then click download, then go to the image tab and then click zoom in and set it to 100%...
55 children get new opportunities after the allowance affair
55 children get new opportunities after the benefits affair. Oxford Academy and the Municipality of The Hague are working together on an initiative that grew into a way to offer hope and perspective for families.
First Meeting of Duped Entrepreneurs & Supplements/FSV/SMES (GOT) on March 25, 2026
On Wednesday, March 25, 2026, the First GOT Meeting will take place in Hooglanderveen, near Dorpshuis de Dissel. There will be a presentation about the discovery of 'The short slap in the face of the systemic fraudster' where it became clear that the SME department of the tax authorities deliberately and purposefully “phenomena” that they made fraud suspects “out of business”, “pulled the trigger”, “pulled the criminal law” through the CAF team.
Driving school owner Nora flees from the tax authorities to Germany with her children in the back seat
Driving school owner Nora Ghazoun flees to Germany with her children after major child care allowance recoveries left her homeless. For years, she worked to repay the amount of more than 60,000 euros. Wrongly. The interest group Duped Entrepreneurs Supplements/FSV/SMEs from the Stichting Herstel Onbekend Inrecht Foundation presented a petition to the House of Representatives on 17 March 2026, asking for attention: “Entrepreneurs were also wrongly seen as fraudsters”.