According to the woman, the cause was a shopping addiction.
In total, she has bilked five municipalities in Skåne, where she worked as municipal manager, according to SVT, of a total of 5.5 million SEK between 2020 and 2023.
The suspicions against the woman were revealed when an HR employee saw that several small amounts had been transferred to the woman's private account.
She is sentenced to three years and six months in prison for gross infidelity and gross fraud. A relative of the woman is sentenced to a suspended sentence and a daily fine for money laundering.
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