Fraudulent crowdfunding for Grégory Lenoci: nearly €100,000 raised via a phantom non-profit association
A crowdfunding campaign launched for the benefit of the non-profit association "La Voix des innocents" raised nearly €100,000, but the organisation has no legal existence and is linked to convicted individuals.
A non-profit association without legal status behind the Lenoci fundraising
According to DHnet, the partner of Grégory Lenoci — convicted to 17 years in prison for attempted murder — launched a crowdfunding campaign in the name of the non-profit association "La Voix des innocents", which raised nearly €100,000. Aurore Lenoci presents this entity on social media as a support tool for battered women and children victims of sexual assault.
Yet this organisation has no legal status: it does not appear in the Belgian Official Journal nor with the European Central Bank. From a legal standpoint, the non-profit association does not exist at all.
Administrators with serious criminal histories
The organisation centres around several individuals with substantial criminal records. Olivier Miqueu, presented as one of the administrators alongside Aurore Lenoci, also manages the non-profit association's Facebook page and acts as a link with other parties involved in the case.
Among them, David Baeten, known by the pseudonym "Ragnar le Fou", is a figure from the nightlife world connected to private clubs. He has accumulated 14 convictions for violence, assault and battery, procuring, and social security fraud, with the highest amount of his frauds reaching approximately €50,000.
The second profile involved is that of Jimmy Clève, also from Charleroi's nightlife scene. Convicted of assault and battery, violence, harassment and homicide, he too has a substantial criminal record.
An alert filed with Belgian authorities
It was RTL info that revealed the action taken by Maïté Lønne, honorary president of the association "Les Enfants d'Argus". Concerned by the profiles of individuals connected to this false non-profit association, she reported its existence to Belgian authorities.
"It appears to us extremely concerning that individuals with such records could be called upon to supervise, support or approach victims particularly vulnerable, sometimes deeply traumatised by incidents similar to those for which some of these individuals have themselves been convicted," Lønne declared.
The combination of large-scale fundraising, a legally non-existent structure and the presence of individuals convicted for acts of violence or procuring within the organisation raises serious questions about the actual destination of the funds collected.
Source: DHnet