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Cronyism at Codarts: 175000 euros.

That things were not going well at Codarts, the Rotterdam School of the Arts, was already known. Board chairman Jikkie van der Giessen had to step down in 2011 after a cesspool of malversations, nepotism and suspicions of outright fraud had opened. The case was already largely settled, but the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science's inspectorate still wanted to know how much money was involved. Well: 175,000 euros was what the case cost: 25,370 euros unlawfully, and 150,000 euros un...

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That things were not going well at Codarts, the Rotterdam School of the Arts, was already known. Board chairman Jikkie van der Giessen had to step down in 2011 after a cesspool of malversations, nepotism and suspicions of outright fraud had opened. The case was already largely settled, but the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science's inspectorate still wanted to know how much money was involved. Well: 175,000 euros was what the case cost: 25,370 euros unlawfully, and 150,000 euros un...

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