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| | quick english translation | big cuddly cow - 11.03.2008 19:16
Judge suspends disputed building permit for BIBOB house
The Amsterdam judicial court has, in a verdict dated 7 march 2008,
and following complaints from residents and neighbours of the
house Pretoriusstraat 28 in Amsterdam, suspended the building
permit for this house on architechtonic/constructive grounds.
The property is the subject of a mortgage-fraud court case
and BIBOB procedures.
The building permit for this house had already been withdrawn
in january 2006, on the grounds of the law BIBOB. The
owner at that time, J.C. McCarthy, has in the meantime been
put on trial because of mortgage fraud with (amongst various properties)
the house Pretoriusstraat 28. According to the dossier of the prosecution he made frequent use of front-men constructions. Following the arrest
of McCarthy and the withdrawal of the building permit the mortage
bank decided to sell the house in auction.
The house was however pulled from the auction and sold privately
to the current owners. The municipality commissioned BIBOB research
into the new owners - just like the old owner - following information
from the residents in which it was demonstrated that all kinds of links
existed between McCarthy and the new owners. There was concern that
there could once again be a situation in which front-men were being
used. This research has, however, for the time being not yet led to
the withdrawal of the building permit by the municipality.
Resident of the house P. Modern is happy with the verdict, but still
not placated. "This is a success, but we hope that the court case
against McCarthy will give more clarity regarding the interwovenness
of the business relationships with the current owners, because the
current owners have - for the time being - evaded BIBOB measures."
The mortage-fraud court case against McCarthy and more than 10 co-suspects takes place on the 14th, 15th and 16th april 2008 at the Amsterdam judicial courts.
The collapse of McCarthy's business affairs has since 2001 been
continually monitored and reported by the residents of Pretoriusstraat
28 on the website  http://squat.net/ps28 (which is mostly in Dutch, but partially also in English.)
The research by the residents of Pretoriusstraat 28 that created
the pretext for the decision of the municipality to commission BIBOB
research into the current owners, can be found on-line (in Dutch)
at: http://www.speculanten.nl/node/100
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