It was last year that the two men put mobile phones up for sale - on social media and on buy and sell pages online.

On a few occasions, buyers were urged to deposit money in accounts belonging to two women whom the men knew.

Nine plaintiffs, who thought they would get mobile phones sent to them, each deposited between SEK 1,300 and 10,000 in the accounts.

In total, the sum ended up at more than SEK 40,000.

Prison and probation

One of the convicted men, who is in his 25s and from Vaggeryd municipality, was sentenced to two months in prison for fraud.

The other man, who is in his 20s and lives in Gislaved municipality, was sentenced to probation.

He was also convicted of, among other things, drug offenses, attempted extortion and money laundering offenses.

The men were also sentenced to pay damages to the plaintiff.

The two women, who are in their 20s and 45s, stated in interrogation that they did not know that the money came from fraud.

They were acquitted because, according to the verdict, there is no support in the investigation because they knew about the fraud.