48,400 euros in her account in Morocco: the courts nevertheless return 95% of her social assistance

The woman and her former husband had been receiving Dutch social assistance since 2011. After their divorce, the payments ended on 17 April 2025. When she applied for an allowance in her own name, an anonymous report complicated her case.

The complaint, accompanied by recordings and videos, claimed that she possessed numerous gold jewels, cash and an apartment in Morocco. She reportedly travelled regularly to the kingdom to sell her jewellery and repay her housing costs.

When she first applied, in May 2025, the beneficiary declared that she had an unfinished apartment in Morocco, financed with her father. The checks also revealed the existence of a Moroccan bank account previously unknown to the administration.

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Her account subsequently changed. She asserted that she was not the owner of the apartment, which was not to be registered in her name until it had been paid for in full. Nevertheless, approximately 20,000 euros had been transferred to the contractor responsible for the work. According to her, he then returned the money to her father, although no document made it possible to confirm this.

48,400 euros available in her Moroccan account

The statements show that she deposited the equivalent of 23,950 euros into her Moroccan account in 2025. Adding the sum already present on 1 January, 48,400 euros were available there during the year. Approximately 29,200 euros were also withdrawn.

The woman claims that she handed most of these withdrawals to her father. He allegedly funded the account between 2011 and 2024 in order to cover expenses related to the deaths of family members. However, no supporting documents make it possible to establish these money transfers.

To prove that she owned no property, she also produced a certificate of non-registration issued by the Moroccan land registry. The administration noted that it was not the original document and that the certificate did not make it possible to determine whether she had previously owned property. An asset investigation by the Internationaal Bureau Fraude-informatie was still under way in Morocco.

WerkSaam Westfriesland therefore rejected her third application on 23 December 2025, considering that her assets remained impossible to determine. In its decision issued on 2 February 2026, the North Holland District Court acknowledged that the administration’s doubts were justified and that the applicant had not provided sufficiently verifiable explanations.

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The judge nevertheless found that there was a major financial emergency. The woman had 1,627.67 euros in unpaid rent, was subject to a judgment authorising termination of her lease and risked having her energy supply cut off over a debt of 1,938.61 euros. She was also living with three of her children, the youngest of whom was 12 years old.

The family’s interests ultimately prevailed. WerkSaam must pay her, from 29 December 2025 until six weeks after the decision on her appeal, advances corresponding to 95% of her allowance. The measure remains provisional: unlike in the case of a couple forced to repay 24,738 euros for assets held in Morocco, the court has not yet definitively ruled on the question of her assets or her entitlement to social assistance.