Luleå residents involved in Slovensk fraud scam - millions went through the account

The crimes for which the men are prosecuted must have taken place in 2019 and 2020, where the men received around SEK 3 million in their accounts.

One man in his 35s, living in Luleå, received a total of SEK 260,000 deposited in his account in 2019, which he partly then transferred to other accounts.

During 2020, the scope escalated when he received SEK 2.3 million transferred to him.

Fraud scandal in Slovenia

The money that should have come into the men's account from foreign accounts is linked to fraud in Slovenia.

The fraud must have taken place so that a company that is about to transfer money to another company suddenly receives an email stating that the sums should instead be deposited in another account.

That account belonged to the man in his 35s from Luleå.

- Then when the right recipient hears from him and asks about the deposit, the fraud is discovered, says prosecutor Anna Väppling.