In April of this year, the 67-year-old was released in district court after it was unable to prove that the man realized that the money he was handling would be used for money laundering. But the court of law makes a different assessment.

Four plaintiffs have all stated that they were called by an English-speaking man who claimed to work at Microsoft. The man claimed that the people's accounts were hacked and that he could help them for a small fee.

When they then logged into their bank accounts, the man took the opportunity to transfer money to several bank accounts belonging to the 67-year-old. In total it was about half a million SEK.

Should have realized it was something smart

According to precedent from previous verdict, the man is responsible because he received money that comes from a completed fraud offense and should have realized that it was something tricky with the money he got into his account.

The man is now sentenced to conditional sentence and must pay just over SEK 220,000 in damages distributed among the four defendants.