from Berlingske Tidende, June 29th, 2001
[Note: The document that was stolen by the ex-chairman during a meeting with the Civil Court, contains extremely damaging information about the suspected fraudulent fund.]
The police have new ammunition in their struggle to prove fraud
and breach of trust for 70 million kroner in Tvind's humanitarian fund.
The document that Poul Jorgensen stole during a meeting with the Civil Courts for a few days ago can prove to be very damaging for Tvind.
Poul Jorgensen has been removed by the court from his position as chairman for the fund and is now being prosecuted.
Berlingske Tidende have gained access to the document, that proves that a majority of the 18 million
kroner, which the Tvind -fund granted to a Tvind-plantation in Brazil, contrary to the rules primary went to commercial
forestry. This is against the fund's statutes.
Berlingske Tidene presented yesterday the document for the chief of police in
Holstebro, Jens Kaasgaard, responsible for the prosecution.
"I haven't seen it before, but the document confirms what we earlier
suspected, that the Tvind-fund owns the plantation, and that is being run as a commercial business. That is what our case is based on, and this
information is very important to the case" stated Jens Kaasgaard.
According to the project-description the money was granted for a large environmental research project, but the document shows that the project
primarily consisted of maintaining the forest, until it was ready to be cut
down in 2005.
"In that scenario Tvind is really just maintaining their assets, which
precisely is what our case is about" says Jens Kaasgaard.
Tax lawyer and professor in Law at the University of Aarhus, Tommy V. Christiansen, also finds the document damaging for Tvind:
"It seems that it is a purely commercial forestry business, and that is
clearly illegal. When the document use the phrase "we own" , it
seems that the founders or board members of the fund own stock in the plantation" says
Tommy V. Christiansen and adds:
" I understand why Poul Jorgensen wanted to remove this paper from the
court files"
Poul Jorgensen did not wish to comment on the new information in the case.