The judge, who judged in the Superettan 2019, is sentenced for his involvement in a tangle of VAT fraud, which according to the newspaper is described as the largest of its kind in Sweden.

The perpetrators must have escaped a total of 190 million in tax.

The football referee himself claims that he was tricked into a criminal scheme concerning trade in mobile phones.

But the district court is of a different opinion and sentences seven of the eight accused to imprisonment from two to eight years.

Earlier this year, another elite referee in football was also convicted of serious financial crime.

Then to 4.5 years in prison, which was later reduced to four years by the Court of Appeal.