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Spotting language-school fraud: 6 red flags
September 1, 2026 · 2 min
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Fraud in integration education is not a fringe problem: prosecutors demanded 15 months in 2023 and four years in 2024, and the inspectorate received 390 reports in two years. Important to know: a Blik op Werk quality mark is no guarantee — a school in a fraud case held one.
- Reports in 2 years
- 390
- Demanded in 2024
- 4 years prison
- Quality mark
- not a guarantee
The six signals
- **You are offered gifts or money** to enrol. Of the 390 reports, 108 concerned gifts to students.
- **You sign for lessons you did not attend.** 96 reports concerned lessons billed but never given.
- **Someone else holds your DigiD** or manages your DUO loan. That is never normal.
- **A guaranteed diploma.** One school earned €2.8 million arranging fast diplomas.
- **“Real exam questions” as course material.** In one case exam questions were filmed with hidden cameras.
- **Pressure to sign now**, pay cash, or transfer your loan in one go.
What it costs you
At one school the FIOD calculated that more than 60% of revenue — at least €1,231,250 — had been wrongly claimed. That money comes from loans held in migrants' names. You are left with the debt and without the lessons you needed.
Bu senin için ne anlama geliyor
- Never sign an attendance list for a lesson you did not attend.
- Give your DigiD to nobody — not a school, not an intermediary.
- Ask your municipality for help choosing a school, and report anything that looks wrong.
- Keep your own records: contract, lesson hours, payments.
Sık sorulan sorular
How do I know a school is trustworthy?
Start with the quality mark, then check timetables, the contract, and whether you control your own credentials. Ask your municipality for advice.
I am unhappy with my course but still have to pay. What now?
Raise it with your municipality; they can look at your route and your offer with you.
Practise on your own terms, at full exam length, without depending on one school.
Start practisingKaynaklar
- Openbaar Ministerie — 15 maanden geëist tegen fraudeurs taalschool (2023)resmî
- Openbaar Ministerie — 4 jaar celstraf geëist wegens fraude met inburgeringsexamens (2024)resmî
- NOS — Taalscholen frauderen op grote schaal met declaraties inburgeraars
- Follow the Money — Taalscholen spellen fraude tot op de letter
- Stichting Civic — Fouten en fraude rondom inburgeringsonderwijs
Son kontrol: August 4, 2026. Rules and amounts change — always check your own situation with DUO or the IND.
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Bunu da oku
- PVT and MAP explained — also if you are not going to work
Two compulsory parts that are not language exams. Your municipality runs them, and the results come from the municipality too.
- Broad intake, learnability test and PIP: what happens
The interview and test at the start set your route, your final level and your pace. The result is a decision — and you can object to it.
- B1 route, education route or Z route: which is yours?
Your route sets your final level and whether you sit an exam at all. Your municipality picks it after the broad intake; switching is sometimes possible.