Jonas Falk remanded in custody after extradition from Spain

"The "Playa" Swede Jonas Falk was extradited from Spain on Wednesday and is now being detained in Sweden for the blackmail scandal against Fastator's former CEO. Falk is pointed out as the mastermind behind the crime, where the trial against eight people is already underway.

» Published: October 10 2024

Jonas Falk remanded in custody after extradition from Spain
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The Södertörn District Court has detained a 52-year-old man suspected of attempted aggravated extortion and accessory to aggravated arson. He had previously been detained in his absence.

The Swede was arrested in Spain in August and has been in custody since then, awaiting extradition. At around 18:00 on Wednesday, he landed at Bromma Airport in Stockholm, according to Aftonbladet. Escorted by police, he was driven from the airport in a car.

During Thursday's detention hearing at the Södertörn District Court, he participated via video link from the detention center, along with his lawyer Tobias Enochson.

Fastator CEO

Prosecutor Anna Stråth alleges that the so-called Playa Swede was behind an attempt to extort Joachim Kuylenstierna, former CEO of the listed investment company Fastator, last autumn.

Kuylenstierna received threats and demands for payment of 100 million kronor. His close colleagues were also threatened, and one of their villas was subjected to an arson attack.

In a computer seized in his (Falk's) home in Spain, investigators found extortion messages sent to the plaintiff, Anna Stråth previously told TT.

Investment 2009

According to Stråth, the background to the extortion attempts is a multimillion-kronor investment made in 2009 in a company linked to Kuylenstierna. It did not go as expected, and the investor lost money. One of those involved in the investment was Falk.

Eight people were charged in early September for their involvement in the affair, and the trial is ongoing. Among the defendants are two people connected to the Vårby network in southern Stockholm, as well as a lawyer.

Charges against Jonas Falk are expected later. He has consistently denied any wrongdoing.

The Swede has previously been reported on since he was identified in 2010 as the mastermind behind the large drug bust "Operation Playa". He was sentenced to 18 years in prison for extensive cocaine smuggling from Colombia, but was acquitted in 2014 by the Court of Appeal. When he was released, he had been detained for 3.5 years, for which he later received compensation of 3.6 million kronor from the state.

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