Marcel B. is a co-suspect in the fraud case concerning the
notorious collapse of the Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij NV
(RDM). The main suspect is Joep van den Nieuwenhuijzen, who became
known in 1982 as spokesman of the Van der Valk family in the
kidnapping of his then mother-in-law Toos van der Valk. Later, Van
den Nieuwenhuijzen was given the nickname 'the company
doctor' because he would acquire ailing businesses and make
them profitable again. His good reputation has been long lost,
since he was connected several times to fraud and bribery.
Judgment of the Netherlands Press Council as a Leg-Up
to Court
Marcel B. was a financial controller with the RDM group of
companies for some time. He did not want to be mentioned by his
full name Marcel Borgers in the book "Joep! Van held tot
hoofdverdachte" (Joep! From Hero to Main Suspect) of financial
journalist Philip de Witt Wijnen and in a prepublication in Quote
magazine. After all, it is customary in the
