State wants Ferrari dealer Kroymans to pay millions to Covid

The Lasaulec subsidiary of Ferrari businessman and Quote 500 member Frits Kroymans made millions in profit from the sale of doctor’s coats during the corona pandemic. Now the government demands that the money be returned. “They believe that an undue amount of profit has been made on sales,” says FD reporter Bart Moss.

Technical wholesaler Lasaulec recently received a demand letter with that message from State Attorney Pels Rijcken.

Sywert van Lienden

The company made a profit of 36 million euros for the sale of protective gowns to the government. That’s a profit margin of about thirty percent, says Mos. The activity was part of the National AIDS Coalition (LCH), which also included Sywert van Lienden’s mask-making initiative. The coalition – together with the government and various market associations – was quickly established at the beginning of the corona crisis to coordinate the purchase of protective equipment.

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And that is why Kroymans does not agree that he must pay benefits. According to the Ferrari dealer, Lasaulec did nothing wrong. The agreement was that Lasaulec will supply surgical gowns for 6.11 euros. They did, but did not mention at the time that the jackets were bought for less than four euros each. ‘That allowed them to make huge profits.’

Beer mat

“There is no major contract under the deal,” Mos continues. ‘That’s usually the case. Now it’s done more or less behind a beermat.’ There was a rush to provide the country with equipment to protect against the virus as soon as possible.

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In the year the company made the profit, internal accountant EY said it would not certify the annual accounts. “We had little regulatory information about the deal with LCH,” says Mos. Since then, the annual accounts have been audited by BDO, another accountant.