The man is not charged with crimes connected to any of the activities, but according to Säpo, they show, among other things, that he used internal information from his employers, and that he may have a possible "interest in making money from secret information".
The chats all take place with the same counterpart, a resident of Uppsala in his 40s.
Among other things, it is about an anonymous telephone service for criminals - before anonymous cash cards are to be stopped.
Don't want to leave a trace
Another conversation is about how to trade shares in a company, where the other person is currently on a consulting assignment and can get advance information.
"I don't want us (you and I) to leave any particular traces around /the company/"
The third conversation is about domain addresses.
Registering addresses that you think someone else might be interested in, and then offering them for payment, is perfectly legal.
In 2020, SVT told how the address fhm.se was for sale online and was eventually sold to an actor who was critical of the authority.
In 2009, newly started MSB had to buy off the address msb.se for almost one million.
Registers best available names
The accused spy uses the MSB example to explain his actions.
The preliminary investigation shows that he registered a number of addresses with a large web hosting company.
They are, among other things, linked to the government's subsistence strategy, which he received information about through his job at the Swedish Food Agency.
In one case, it also becomes a deal: the address npof.se is sold to the Board for Investigation of Misconduct in Research:
"Had no idea"
SVT has spoken to the board's chairman Thomas Bull, who is surprised when he hears who was behind the site sale.
- For our part, it was important to get access to the name.
We had no idea who was behind it.
It is not clear how much the authority paid for the name, and Thomas Bull says he does not know the amount.
SVT has sought the defendant's lawyer.