During the committee meetings on August 25 and 26, 36 applications to reopen the NAV scandal were examined. People have been sentenced ranging from fines, community service, conditional and unconditional imprisonment.
All sentences have been resumed the commission announces on Monday.
Among the convicts were 13 women and 23 men.
NAV scandal
Common to these cases was that the convicts lived in other EEA countries at the same time as they were receiving NAV unemployment or sickness benefits. The convicts did not obtain permission to stay abroad on the basis of an application to the NAV. They also did not report that they stayed abroad in their registration cards, it is stated in the decision.
The only problem is that several EEA legal issues have not been dealt with by the courts that convicted them. In this regard, the question of whether the recognition of temporary stay in EEA countries (e.g. longer holiday stays) may be contrary to EEA law as meaning that the convicted person was not entitled to cash benefits at the time.
Based on a judgment of the Supreme Court
This summer, the Supreme Court acquitted a man who had been sentenced to prison for gross Nav fraud. Because he was abroad, receiving money from social benefits.
- He will assess each case in detail
As of March 2020, the Resumption Committee has dealt with several requests for a resumption from the Attorney General in the so-called NAV scandal.
- The Commission will consider each case carefully. If the case is reopened, it will be sent to the court for reconsideration, and a decision will be made there as to whether anyone will be acquitted in the case.
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