The man has repeatedly appeared in television programs, articles and events based on the fact that he left a criminal background behind.
Now he is in custody by the Solna District Court with restrictions on visits and electronic communication, among other things.
He is suspected of being guilty of serious business money laundering and several serious tax crimes in 2020, crimes that can result in several years in prison.
According to defense lawyer Björn Hurtig, he himself refutes all accusations.
Controlled from abroad
The suspicions concern deals that his company made with companies in the so-called mobile ring, which has been described as Sweden's largest ring of fraud.
Fake deals involving mobile phones and other technology are suspected of being used to claim back large sums of VAT from the government that were never paid.
- This is money that is stolen from the treasury.
This case alone concerns half a billion.
That's an awful lot of money, says District Attorney Thomas Hertz, who leads the preliminary investigation.
Disappeared abroad
He describes how, through the investigations in the mess, a pattern was found where Swedish companies were directed from abroad to carry out a kind of economic "smash'n'grab" coup with staggering sums of tax money as loot, and where they also used the opportunity for companies to obtain large tax credits without any special controls.
Several of the suspected ringleaders have already disappeared to countries that do not have extradition agreements with Sweden, and according to Thomas Hertz there is a risk that they will never be held accountable for their role in the giant mess.
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