WILLEMSTAD - Jason Schultz, alias Jason Vic, had to answer to court yesterday for embezzling 47,000 guilders in gifts. The money was intended for the less fortunate, but would have been used by Vic for online gambling. Vic himself denies being an addict.
Jason Vic is known from social media and set up an aid campaign for the less fortunate during the corona crisis. He collected 47,000 guilders with it. However, no relief supplies were purchased with this money, but Vic is said to have used the money to gamble online.
It is a foregone conclusion for the public prosecutor. Vic is a gambling addict and used the donations he received to gamble online. Vic did not deny during the trial that he embezzled the money, but he did deny that he is addicted to online gambling. According to Vic, he was trying to multiply the gifts through a pyramid scheme.
In response to the judge's question as to why Vic was then treated at FMA (addiction prevention institute) for a gambling addiction, he replied that a report has been prepared that would show that he is not a gambling addict.
The judge adjourned the hearing until November pending the FMA report.