In the beginning of the year, Gothenburg city received information that the employee was involved in an investigation at the Economic Crime Authority. The preliminary investigation concerned individuals within the criminal gang environment and the man is suspected to have allowed convicted gang criminals to use his account.
The police call him a so-called enabler – a person who helps in the criminal environment without having a major role in the activities. One of the transactions is alleged to be 100,000 kronor and it is included, according to Expressen, in the investigation of a money laundering scandal in Gothenburg.
The man has been made to leave his position. He appealed the decision and a settlement was reached which means that the man will receive 16 months' salaries from his former employer. One of the municipality's HR managers tells Expressen that a potential legal process with an uncertain outcome risked costing taxpayers more than the settlement.
The man denies the allegations.
