De onderzoeksresultaten van de werkgever bestaan uit (schermafbeeldingen van) e-mailcorrespondentie van de werknemer en documenten. In deze e-mails en documenten staat onder meer:
a. E-mail van 17 november 2020 van [onderzoeker] (hierna: [onderzoeker] ) aan de werknemer (met als onderwerp “secondment [technisch operator] from [-]” en als bijlagen “Secondment agreement [technisch operator]” en “Secondment certificate [technisch operator] 2019”): “Dear [werknemer] , Can you proceed with the signature pages and then send them back to me? Thank you”.
De e-mailwisseling van 18 november 2020 tussen de werknemer, [coördinator] en [onderzoeker] met als onderwerp “ [project 1] ”: [onderzoeker] : “Ciao [werknemer] , Did you receive the mails? If you want, you can leave the originals with [coördinator] (…)”. De werknemer: “Ah OK. I will give to [coördinator] this week. I just print it out”. [coördinator] : “Can you leave it somewhere – perhaps on your desk marked with an envelope”. De werknemer: “OK, I leave on my desk the envelope.”
E-mail van 16 februari 2023 van [medewerker 1 LGGA] aan [collega 1] en de werknemer: “As discussed, please find al list of staff (…) in the projects [project 1] and [project 2] which are under investigation by the REA. (…) We’ve discussed and informed you that staff listed in the Annex is not known in the HR administration of LUMC, which gives rise to doubts on their actual presence within LUMC in relation to the research performed. It would be appreciated if you would be able to confirm – on the basis of proof and/or memory – that the respective staff members: (…) 2) actively worked in the specified periods on research activities within LUMC; Can you also inform us on: 1) The number of mails received from / sent to the respective staff members; 2) The number of meetings (…) to discuss the progress of the research (on the basis of your agenda); (…)”
E-mail van 20 februari 2023 van de werknemer aan [medewerker 1 LGGA]: “(…) Please, find attached the excel file with the response. (…) My primary focus within the group is on scientific development and leading my team towards innovative scientific ideas. The last week I saw the list of registered people, and I recognize some of the names. I might have signed some of these documents, but I cannot recall signing all of them. (…)”, met de door de werknemer ingevulde bijlage:
“Name Project (…) Confirmation Actively working
of eligibility within LUMC
[groepslid 1] [project 2] (…) * *
[technisch operator] [project 2] (…) * *
(…)
[groepslid 2] [project 2] (…) * *
+ [project 1]
[groepslid 3] (…) * *
[onderzoeker] [project 1] (…) * * (…)
*I cannot confirm the eligibility since I don’t have (and have never seen) their CVs. (…)
* I can’t confirm this. I remember seeing some of them. My team members told me that they were in Leiden at some point, but I don’t know for how long. (…)”
E-mailwisseling van 20 december 2022 tussen [medewerker 1 onderzoeksbedrijf] van [biotechnisch onderzoeksbedrijf] (hierna: [medewerker 1 onderzoeksbedrijf] ) en de werknemer: [medewerker 1 onderzoeksbedrijf] : “Could you please remember to sign the [project 2] reply letter we prepared on the page with your name?” De werknemer: “Yes, see it attached.”
E-mail van 16 februari 2023 van [collega 1] (hierna: [collega 1] ) aan de werknemer: “Attached the names mentioned during the meeting yesterday! @ [werknemer] : (…) I think we have to admitted they have never done anything in the Lab!! For sure they were in Leiden, I saw them, but it was only for a sort period just to get acquainted with the lab and some people and to see Leiden. I think also the EU Officers already actually know that all is fake. Is better to tell the truth to the lawyers, I have the feeling they really want to help, before this becomes worse! Only you have to find the right words to write this! (...)”
E-mail van 9 september 2019 van [coördinator] aan de werknemer, [collega 1] en mevrouw [medewerker 2 onderzoeksbedrijf] van [biotechnisch onderzoeksbedrijf] (Hierna: [medewerker 2 onderzoeksbedrijf] ): “ [gedetacheerde 1] and [gedetacheerde 2] will be the first secondments. Details are below and tickets are already bought (attached). I will now draft the invitation letter backdated to be signed by the host and send to you middle of the week. [gedetacheerde 2] : 6th Sept 2019 – 6th Dec 2019 (3 months) (…) [gedetacheerde 1] : Sept 6th – Dec 6th 2019 3 months) (…)”
E-mail van 10 februari 2021 van [medewerker 2 onderzoeksbedrijf] aan de werknemer en [promovendus]: “Dear [promovendus] , (…) What is possible is for you to be formally seconded to one of our associations in Nemi (…) in the European project called [project 1] (e.g. Association Hand in Hand or Association Augeas) but actually work in Camerino . In this case, I need to warn you that if you claim expenses in Camerino , they won’t be accepted by LUMC and the European Commission as the secondment is not eligible. If you really want to come and stay in Camerino then I cannot do much for you as I don’t have contacts for accommodation there.” en de antwoordmail van de werknemer aan [medewerker 2 onderzoeksbedrijf] en [promovendus] : “Thanks [medewerker 2 onderzoeksbedrijf] , Yes, it is fine. (…) But they going to do also sometime in the lab of Piera during this period but of course associate all the time to those companies in order to getting pay off for the project. (…)”
E-mail van 20 september 2021 van [collega 1] aan de werknemer: “Can you write invitation letter fort [groepslid 4] secondment from Healthtour to LUMC in [project 3] , which was from July 1st to October 1st 2020. (…)”
E-mail van 14 maart 2022 van de werknemer aan [coördinator]: “(…) We need to prepare the Progress Report 4 for the Eurostars project see below. (…)” en de antwoorde-mail van [coördinator] aan de werknemer: “Sure – remind me of your EUREKA password and usename again. I can fill it in.”
E-mailwisseling van 9 en 10 april 2021 tussen de werknemer, [coördinator] , [medewerker 1 onderzoeksbedrijf] en [collega 1]: [coördinator] : “ [medewerker 1 onderzoeksbedrijf] and I just had a conversation with [groepslid 5] on skype. (…) Also he was studying for a MSc during his time on secondment so that makes him ineligible. We would need to take him off [project 3] @ and dismiss his time on the project. (…)”. De werknemer: “Maybe, we can keep [groepslid 5] the 6 months like it is and put [groepslid 6] 12 months. (…)” [medewerker 1 onderzoeksbedrijf] : “The problem, though, is that his work didn’t have anything to do with the tasks he had at Surgimab . Furthermore, as [coördinator] mentioned, he was studying for a MSc while on secondment and these factors don’t make him eligible…” De werknemer: “In my view, I think that it is not a good strategy to take off [groepslid 5] . I think we all did correctly in this secondment (…) We were not aware about the master think during the secondment time that this is not allow. (…)” [collega 1] : “I think you need to talk to [groepslid 5] ! As I understood he didn’t want to participate in de [project 3] Midterm meeting and also there is some concerned that he might not tell something positives about the group and his 2ndments! I think I don’t have to tell you what will happens with [project 3] 2 budget if he tells something wrong to the auditor!”
E-mail van 15 maart 2019 van de werknemer aan [medewerker 2 onderzoeksbedrijf] , [coördinator] en [onderzoeker]: “Presentation for [project 1] meeting. It is too big the file so I could not send it in PP. I can give it later on.” met als bijlage een pdf-bestand bestaande uit onder meer een slide met daarop de tekst: “ [werknemer] from LUMC seconded to [partnerorganisatie] ”.
E-mail van 25 maart 2020 van [manager] aan de werknemer en [collega 1]: “In order to submit the financial report of [project 1] , I need some missing documents for the secondees in the reporting system (…). Missing documents: [werknemer] : travel documents (plane/train ticket) and subsistence documents (hotel/food/drinks) (…) [collega 2] : travel documents and subsistence documents (…) Could you please send the missing documents to me as soon as possible? If any of the secondments did not take place, please let me know so I can have them taken out of the system. (…)”
E-mail van 25 maart 2020 van de werknemer aan [collega 1]: “I saw that [medewerker 2 onderzoeksbedrijf] took me out of this secondment. I prefer to be out of this seconded. I don’t have any proof for it. Also, I am not allow to do it anymore. I just can do only 1 month or 2 months.” en de vervolge-mail van 26 maart 2020, 09.31 uur van de werknemer aan [collega 1] en [medewerker 2 onderzoeksbedrijf]: “i prefer to cancel it completely since I have been traveling in that time to other places and I had some overlapping.”
E-mailwisseling van 25 en 26 maart 2020 tussen de werknemer en [collega 2] (hierna: [collega 2] ): [collega 2] op 25 maart 2020: “I have no idea what this is about? What do I need to do?” De werknemer: “You need to discuss with [-] if you did the secondment and provide some evidences.” [collega 2] : “Is this the secondment at [partnerorganisatie] that both of us “did” according to the meeting in Krakow ?” De werknemer: “Yes, this is from [project 1] project, according to the meeting in Krakow.” [collega 2] : “In that case, we need to ask to be removed from the list right?” De werknemer op 26 maart 2020, 09.27 uur: “As you wish. I asked for myseft to take me out from the list since I will do in another time in the future.”