The men allegedly tricked a woman into signing over her apartment to one of the men in the early summer of 2022 during an apartment exchange. In exchange, the woman would get another apartment that was mortgaged and mortgaged.

The woman would also pay SEK 100,000 in difference.

But it turned out that the men did not own the apartment that the woman was to receive in exchange.

In addition, important documents had never been submitted to register a change of ownership.

Convicted of gross fraud

Now three of the brothers are being sentenced for gross fraud.

Niklas Nilsson, who was formerly called Niklas Fakhro, and was at large when the apartment transaction took place, receives the longest sentence.

He is sentenced to one year and six months.

Two other brothers, those formerly called Ibrahim and Nabil Fakhro but who today call themselves Gabriel Bergkvist and Mikael Karl Persson, are sentenced to four months in prison each.

They are each already serving a three-year sentence for aggravated fraud.

The fourth brother is acquitted

The fourth brother, Jörgen Johansson, formerly known as Abd Elrahman Fakhro, is fully acquitted.

The district court does not think it is proven that he participated in the deal.

The signature on the transfer agreement does not match other documents he signed.

Furthermore, he has not participated in the text message conversations where the other brothers discussed the affair.

The actions are considered serious as the woman is older and she is considered to have been exposed to "particularly noticeable damage".

Among other things, recordings from when the agreement was signed and text messages sent between the men are given as evidence.

The three men must together pay SEK 50,000 to the woman in damages.

All the men deny any wrongdoing.

SVT Nyheter Skåne has searched in vain for the men's lawyers.

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