31-year-old is suspected of million fraud

Here you get an in-depth picture of the 31-year-old's path to the suspected major fraud, and what has happened in the case so far.

(updated November 2019)

January 4: The 31-year-old is sentenced for speeding and seat belt offense by the district court in Karlshamn. This is the first time he has been involved in a crime.

November 22: The 31-year-old, then 24, commits his first known fraud, something he is convicted of five years later. The fraud was that he took out a credit loan of SEK 10,000 in another person's name.

April 4: The 31-year-old, together with his partner, is sentenced to pay just over SEK 60,000 to a construction company in Blekinge. It is the first time out of a total of 97 that the 31-year-old stands as a defendant in a civil litigation at Blekinge District Court.

July 25: The 31-year-old receives a penalty for driving for 157 kilometers per hour on the E22 outside Kristianstad.

February 16: A player in Karlskrona HK lends just over SEK 800,000 to the businessman, in return for a promise of quick profits and repayments. The next month another player does the same. It will take about two years before the two elite players get their money back, after the dispute has gone to court.

August 17: The 31-year-old and another man are charged with several cases of accounting violations and the aggravation of tax checks, which must have been committed through his electronics company in various locations in Blekinge.

May 4: The 31-year-old is charged with 33 different cases of fraud. Everyone assumes that through his electronics companies he has taken credit loans in the name of others, after cheating on their personal information.

July 5: Blekinge District Court sentenced the 31-year-old to three years in prison for 26 cases of serious fraud, five cases of fraud and miscellaneous accounting and tax offenses. At the same time, the businessman is cleared of two cases of serious fraud.

August 1: The prosecutor wants the prison sentence to be sharpened, and appeals the district court's judgment to the High Court. The businessman also appeals his judgment when he wants to be acquitted.

October 13: The 31-year-old leased Ferrari 458 explodes during the night. In June 2018, the case is still being investigated by the police, and is classified as dangerous destruction. Shortly thereafter, the businessman is suspected of fleeing to Spain.

October 25: Police make a strike against the man's home, and seize cars and other precious items that may be foreclosed.

November 2: The 31-year-old businessman is arrested in his absence by the Blekinge District Court, on probable cause suspected of 46 cases of serious fraud. The district court also determined all seizures, valued at approximately SEK 49 million. The businessman is abroad and does not dare to come home, according to the defense lawyer.

November 21: Nearly 100 people are now suspected of being a 31-year-old scam. In total, the value is upwards of SEK 100 million.

November 28: The suspected 31-year-old is arrested in Morocco.

December 21: Several affected appeals to banks and credit institutions to freeze loans and interest rates. Very few banks agree.

January 9: The High Court of Skåne and Blekinge suspends the scheduled main hearing regarding the previous prison sentence. The trial would have begun on January 22, but the 31-year-old is still detained in Morocco.

April 11: Prosecutor Kjell Jannesson expands the arrests from SEK 49 million to SEK 85 million.

April 17: Police arrest twelve men in southern Sweden in a joint police operation. All are suspected to be cronies of the 31-year-old man, who is still detained in Morocco awaiting extradition. All twelve are suspected of serious fraud and money laundering.

April 20: Three of the twelve arrested are arrested, while nine are released. However, all are still suspected of crimes.

May 14: In his absence, the 31-year-old is sentenced to repay large sums to a number of people, who have chosen to pursue their cases in civil law.

June 27: The 31-year-old changes defense lawyer from Lars Engstrand to Thomas Martinson.

July 20: Moroccan authorities release the 31-year-old to Sweden, and he is taken to the detention center in Karlskrona.

September 5: The High Court begins negotiations on the former prison sentence. About a month later he was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison. The High Court cuts the sentence because of the conditions that the 31-year-old has been imprisoned in Morocco.

October 18: The Crown Guard begins auctioning off many of the seizures taken by the 31-year-old. Among other things, his Ferrari and luxury villa in Karlskrona goes under the club in the fall.

December 5: The investigation continues to grow - a total of 18 people are now suspected of participation in the 31-year-old's fraud.

April 3: The fraud allegations against several of the 31-year-old's grandparents are written off. However, many are still suspected of money laundering.

August 17: A total of 14 people have chosen to pursue their cases in civil law against the 31-year-old, and won. The 31-year-old has been sentenced to pay a total of SEK 11.3 million. At the same time, the prosecutor announces that prosecution may be brought at the end of October.

November 13: The charge against the 31-year-old is brought. A total of 17 people are charged with various types of crime, but only 31-year-old is charged with fraud.

December 9: The main hearing against the 31-year-old begins in Blekinge district court.