SVT Nyheter Skåne has revealed how lawyer Soheil Naderi cheated his clients out of money and persuaded his elderly clients to sign gift deeds and wills - to himself.
After SVT's review, the Ecocrime Authority started a criminal investigation against the lawyer and his business.
Suspect of several crimes
Soheil Naderi has today changed his name to Robert Naderi. He was indicted on Friday for crimes against 17 plaintiffs and two estates, which allegedly took place between 2014 and 2022.
- I would like to state that the accused crime is of a particularly dangerous nature because I have made the assessment that the accused through his procedure deceived and misled people in order to enrich himself. Many of those he has defrauded are also elderly and thus vulnerable people, says Annika Lindahl, District Attorney, in a press release.
The lawyer is charged with gross misappropriation, preparation for gross fraud, gross civil registration crime and gross accounting crime.
"Avoid the controls of the authorities"
SVT Nyheter Skåne was also able to reveal that the lawyer had registered as an emigrant to Iran, despite the fact that in the meantime he conducted his legal practice in both Malmö and Stockholm.
- Our opinion is that it has been a way for him to try to evade the authorities' controls and reviews. That is why he is also charged with serious civil registration offences, says Annika Lindahl.
Claimed for damages of 3.4 million
The indictment includes a claim for damages to the plaintiffs totaling just over SEK 3.4 million and that the district court must decide on a business ban for ten years for the defendant.
- He is a person who has inspired a lot of trust and my clients find it very offensive and difficult because they have trusted this person, says Karl Henrik Östberg, plaintiff's attorney for several of the victims.
Seized money from bank account
Robert Naderi has always denied any crime and resisted being detained.
SVT Nyheter Skåne has sought Nader's defense attorney for a comment.