GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (From news reports) - Ron Van Den Heuvel, the De Pere businessman accused of bilking millions from investors, was jailed Friday after authorities alleged he committed more fraud and intimidated witnesses while free on bond.
"Fraud has continued," U.S. District Court Judge William Griesbach said. "He's continued to commit crimes."
Van Den Heuvel was sentenced to three years in prison in January for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and, in a second case, also faces 14 counts of wire fraud and money laundering for allegedly deceiving investors out of $9 million in his now-bankrupt Green Box recycling business.
Van Den Heuvel was allowed to remain free as the second case proceeds, but the U.S. Attorney's Office asked in June that he be detained instead.
Federal authorities testified on Friday that Van Den Heuvel fraudulently obtained a $20,000 loan in December from a New York lender and then spent $8,600 of that loan at the exclusive Oneida Golf and Country Club.
Court records show Van Den Heuvel and his family spent more than $18,000 in total at the club between September and May -- all while he claimed to be indigent and in need of a public defender.
Van Den Heuvel, who took the witness stand to testify, said he told the lender the $20,000 loan would be used for business expenses.
Receipts show most if not all of the money was used to buy equipment, golf lessons and food such as shrimp cocktails and tacos for Van Den Heuvel's wife and children.
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