Barbro Neuman was to sell her car through an intermediary, but the camper van disappeared and she never saw the smoke of the money.
But the "disappeared" motorhome has not disappeared.
It is parked at the home of a new owner, less than ten miles away.
But the new owner is not allowed to use it.
When the fraud case began to be investigated, the police registered the motorhome as stolen, something that the buyer says he was not informed about - until SVT calls.
- It's to hell, they have not told me anything.
It's like I'm a criminal, he says.
Can be seized
It is the police who registered his newly purchased motorhome as stolen, after the purchase went through.
But it is a technicality, says the police's press manager in the southern region, Robert Loeffel - the motorhome is actually in demand.
- This request is made so that you will not be able to make a change of ownership and because it is part of a fraud investigation, he says.
What happens if the new owner drives the car?
- Technically, he can be stopped and it can be seized, says Robert Loeffel.
Even though he owns it on paper?
- Yes, it can be.
May lose money and items
In practice, therefore, neither Barbro Neuman nor the new buyer has any motorhome or money today - and the question is how it will be when the investigation is complete.
The buyer must prove that he acted in good faith.
But this is not something that the prosecutor is investigating in the ongoing criminal investigation.
- It can come in handy, but I can not promise it.
Otherwise, it may remain to a civil process, says the prosecutor in the case Lise-Lotte Norström.
The risk is thus that two innocent people, Barbro and the buyer, who involuntarily ended up in the middle of a scam, are pitted against each other - to keep what they consider to be theirs.
Two people are suspected of ten to 15 cases of gross fraud, linked to the motorhome tangle.
Prosecution is expected soon, according to the prosecutor.