A De Pere businessman faces 14 federal charges that he defrauded more than nine-million dollars in loans and investments, some of which came from the state’s job creation agency. A grand jury in Milwaukee handed down a complaint against 62-year-old Ronald Van Den Heuvel (van’den hay vul). Prosecutors say he was planning to use the money for his “Green Box” business aimed at turning fast food waste into energy and other products — but officials say he used the funds for a Cadillac, Packer tickets, payments to creditors, and support for his ex wife. One-point-two million dollars allegedly came from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and officials say he defrauded a Chinese investment program and a private investment firm in Canada. Van Den Heuvel has faced fraud allegations in the past, and the U-S Securities and Exchange Commission sued him this week for securities’ law violations.
