Overview
- At a first public hearing, the OM said 49 deaths are under review, with cohesion seen in 27 cases after investigators added 18 more and four over the weekend.
- Judges extended pre-trial detention for alleged operators Jord van W. and Stefan P., arrested in August, while a third suspect is not in custody and the website is offline.
- Prosecutors have filed charges for illegal trade and possession rather than homicide as they work to establish medical causation between orders and outcomes.
- Investigators seized prescription medicines and froze bank accounts, crypto, properties, cars and luxury goods, and media reported roughly €42 million in revenue since 2020.
- Authorities urged customers with health complaints to contact NVWA-IOD, with cases ranging from fatalities to serious harm in users as young as 17, while the defense claims the business followed rules and posted risk warnings.