On 25 November 2015, the Swedish Migration Agency's Willis Åbergett signed a four-year lease for Pite Havsbad with a company in the Student Consulting group.
According to the text of the agreement, the company had "acquired the properties" prior to the conclusion of this Lease Agreement ", and that ownership was a prerequisite for the entire transaction.
The Swedish Migration Agency has strict requirements that a landlord is the registered owner of the property to be used, and has several times denied contracts to local landlords not been able to prove their ownership.
But there are several uncertainties about whether Studentconsulting had really taken over the ownership on 25 November.
Newspaper articles described it as not being taken over until the turn of the year 2015/16, ie the signing of the Swedish Migration Board's agreement.
That version is also supported by the previous owner and by documents that SVT has participated in.
Registered later
And one thing is clear: the purchase was not registered with Lantmäteriet until after the turn of the year.
The person who checked the property register on 25 November thus saw the previous owner - not the company that would sign the contract with the Swedish Migration Board.
When SVT asks the Swedish Migration Agency's responsible manager Willis Åberg, he repeatedly confirms that an inspection was made which showed that the company was the owner, and that otherwise it would not have proceeded.
- Then the agreement is not valid.
Confirmed by management
The management of Pite Havsbad describes it as if the acquisition was already ready when the contract was signed - but confirms that the ownership was not registered until after the turn of the year.
When SVT asks the Swedish Migration Agency about this, and how they actually reasoned about ownership and control, Willis Åberg answers that those who worked with the case are no longer at the authority.
It is also said that there is no documentation that shows how you reasoned.
"Incredibly strange"
Several experts react that the Swedish Migration Agency may have signed an agreement with a party who was not known to be the registered owner of the properties.
- It sounds incredibly strange, then you could just as easily have been exposed to a pure scam, says Olle Lundin, professor of administrative law.
- Requirements are placed on suppliers precisely so that the authorities know who they are teaming up with.
You do not know that here, says Carl Bokwall, a lawyer with a focus on public affairs.
Student Consulting's management does not appear for any interview, but Pite Havsbad's CFO Anna Wallin states via email that they have been open to the Swedish Migration Board all the time about how the deal went.
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