In August, the so-called "Playa" Swede Jonas Falk was arrested in Spain.
The trial is now beginning in the security chamber of the Stockholm District Court, where he is charged with attempted gross extortion and gross arson.
According to the indictment, Jonas Falk is behind a series of threats and extortion attempts against financier Joachim Kuylenstierna, founder and former CEO of the listed investment company Fastator.
Anonymous threats
The threats against Kuylenstierna were sent by anonymous senders in 2023 and 2024 and contained demands that he pay a claimed debt of 100 million kronor.
Prosecutor Anna Stråth has described the crime as "particularly serious".
Kuylenstierna's colleagues also received threats, and a colleague's villa was subjected to an arson attack in the fall of 2023.
The four plaintiffs, including Kuylenstierna, and their relatives have, according to the indictment, been "mapped out, among other things, by being systematically photographed and filmed".
The background to the threats is, according to the prosecutor, a multimillion-kronor investment made in 2009 in a company linked to Kuylenstierna. But the investor lost money, and one of those involved was allegedly Falk.
Prior convictions
Already in December, five people, including two men with ties to the Vårby network, were sentenced to prison for involvement in the crimes. But according to the indictment, it is Jonas Falk who has been behind the threats by giving "instructions on the crime and its execution". He is also said to have written the demands and threats sent to Kuylenstierna.
The 52-year-old Jonas Falk was identified in 2010 as the mastermind behind one of Sweden's largest drug busts, "Operation Playa". He was acquitted in the Court of Appeal in 2014 and was awarded damages of 3.6 million kronor because he had been detained for 3.5 years.
