Cooperation - Together Everyone Achieves More

This slide from October 10, 2013, comes from the CAF Team, which came up with the idea to start collaborating. Fraud signals in the PIT lists (person-oriented intensive supervision) ended up in the FSV lists. This data was to be shared. Internally: with the Anti-Fraud Box, the CAF Team, and the Blue department (SMEs). Externally: with the RIEC (teams combating subversion and crime), LSI (focused on social security/benefits domain), municipalities, and other enforcement agencies.

Tips & Tricks

‍BDO sent the investigation report on the Datavault, which had disappeared under the radar, to the House of Representatives on July 20, 2026. It covered topics such as CAF, FSV, and RAM. Documents that should have been included were not provided, despite requests. The collaborative workspaces are also missing.

I recently received, via the Central Netherlands District Court a letter from the Ministry of Finance. I have been searching for a long time for the 'recipe book' used to put entrepreneurs 'out of business.' I read about this recipe book in the CAF weekly newsletters. It evolved into a 'Wiki Guide for Special Tax Authority Clients.' According to the Ministry of Finance, the recipe book does not exist. It is a collaborative workspace.

From the weekly newsletters, I can deduce that all sorts of information can be found there if you want to eliminate an entrepreneur as quickly as possible. Collaboration is key in this regard. For example, a municipality can revoke a registration. Tips and tricks for a quick knockout.

How do we handle completed Woo requests and parliamentary requests? How do we handle new Woo requests? The Anti-Fraud Box folder contains 318 files. Among these are the PIT and FSV applications. There are also files related to the development of risk models. The 'Strategic Team' folder for SMEs contains documents that were supposed to have been provided. How do we handle personal data that should have been destroyed? These questions are addressed in the BDO report.

Extortion and discrimination

On January 14, 2020, a question hour took place in the House of Representatives. Who is responsible and guilty regarding the 'benefits scandal'? Were there criminal offenses, and should a report have been filed? The law firm Allen & Overy investigated this. A memorandum followed. Suspicions of criminal offenses were identified (they had received the CAF weekly newsletters), including extortion and professional discrimination. On May 19, 2020, a report was filed against the Tax Authority on behalf of the State Secretary based on these findings. The National Criminal Investigation Department is conducting the criminal investigation. Mailboxes and digital environments were immediately secured. Mailboxes of 1,020 Benefits employees, 2.6 TB from the N-drives, and the Connect People collaborative workspaces. It turns out they were not read and were not included.

Crucial information about entrepreneurs who saw their businesses fall into dire straits due to unfounded fraud suspicions is contained in the Datavault.

Entrepreneurs suspected of systematic fraud.

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Read the parliamentary letter about the Datavault here:

Parliamentary letter with update on Datavault | Government.nl

NOS reports:

Tax authorities discover data vault containing files potentially relevant to the benefits scandal