Prison for directors behind £70 million investment fraud
A bilingual Dutch story with sentence-by-sentence English translation. Level: BEGINNER (CEFR). Tap any word in the DuoBook reader for an instant translation.
Drie mannen leidden een slecht bedrijf.
Three men ran a bad business.
Zij bedrogen meer dan drieduizend mensen.
They tricked over three thousand people.
De mannen namen zeventig miljoen pond.
The men took seventy million pounds.
Veel slachtoffers waren oudere mensen.
Many victims were elderly people.
De mannen logen over bomen in Costa Rica.
The men lied about trees in Costa Rica.
De politie pakte de drie directeuren op.
The police caught the three directors.
Een rechter veroordeelde hen tot de gevangenis.
A judge sentenced them to prison.
Zij moeten daar vele jaren blijven.
They must stay there for many years.
Gerechtigheid is nu geschied voor de slachtoffers.
Justice is now served for the victims.
Vocabulary (Dutch)
- business
- bedrijf
- victims
- slachtoffers
- elderly
- oudere
- police
- politie
- judge
- rechter
- prison
- gevangenis
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