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Malmö FF players "live" in the stadium – may be a population registration offender

5/9/2023, 2:55:47 PM

Highlights: Several players in Malmö FF may have been guilty of population registration offences. In recent years, about ten players in the squad have been registered at the stadium. Sergio Peña has "lived" inside the stadium for 20 months, Emmanuel Lomotey for eight months. Derek Cornelius has been living there since March this year. None of the players in question actually live in the stadium, says MFF CEO Niclas Carlnén. The population register applies not only to where you pay taxes, but also to community planning.

Several players in Malmö FF may have been guilty of population registration offences. In recent years, about ten players in the squad have been registered at the stadium. – We will of course fix it and make sure that they are written at the addresses where they live, says Malmö FF's CEO Niclas Carlnén.

Right now, three players in MFF are registered on Erik Persson väg 31. It is the address of Malmö's football stadium. Sergio Peña has "lived" inside the stadium for 20 months, Emmanuel Lomotey for eight months. In addition, Derek Cornelius has been living there since March this year.

Malmö FF confirms that none of the players actually live in the stadium.

Affects urban and regional planning

The Swedish Tax Agency takes population registration offences seriously.

– We have an obligation to report when we have reason to believe that a population registration crime has been committed. So then we send it to the police. I can't say what the situation is in these particular cases," says Jens Lindqvist, an expert on population registration at the Swedish Tax Agency.

The population register applies not only to where you pay taxes, but also to community planning for, among other things, healthcare and education.

"The rules look like they do for the rest of society to function," says Jens Lindqvist.

SVT Nyheter Skåne has via Malmö FF sought the players in question for a comment.

Why is it important to be registered correctly? In the clip, the Tax Agency's expert answers:

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The Swedish Tax Agency's operations expert, Tobias Wijk, talks about how organized crime uses population registration. Photo: SVT/Sara Burman