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by Mike Caswell

B.C. prosecutors have filed criminal charges against Douwe van Hees, who runs a private investment fund in the Netherlands. Prosecutors claim that Mr. van Hees traded on inside information, with that information being obtained from a West Vancouver man named Shaun Pollard. The charges arise from an investigation by the B.C. Securities Commission that looks to go back to 2018.

The case is set out in a very brief news release that the BCSC issued on Thursday, June 5. The charges against Mr. van Hees are two counts of prohibited insider trading. Mr. van Hees appeared for a bail hearing before a provincial judge on May 29, 2025, and was released on a $150,000 deposit and on conditions that include reporting to a bail supervisor. (No word on any travel restrictions for Mr. van Hees, whose business looks to be an international one, or on how he landed in custody.)

As it usually does with criminal cases, the BCSC provided only the barest of details (and cited a publication ban). The BCSC says that the charges arise from information Mr. van Hees obtained from Mr. Pollard, "who possessed that information by virtue of [his] employment, office, duties and/or occupation with an issuer."

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