He has received purchase money and then he has not carried out the transactions, simply kept the money himself, says prosecutor Nathalie Müntzing at the Economic Crime Authority.
The money he received when, in his role as a lawyer, he undertook to buy or sell properties for Swedes between 2020 and 2023. He was sentenced on Monday by Södertörn's district court to 4.5 years in prison for gross embezzlement against multiple injured parties.
The man left the Swedish Bar Association in 2019 when he joined the Spanish equivalent and has not been active in Sweden since then.
The crimes began to unravel when he voluntarily reported himself to the Economic Crime Authority. He also contacted some of the injured parties about the ongoing investigation.
During the trial, he has given several explanations in his defense. Including difficulties with the Spanish authorities and regulations.
He has given different explanations for where the money has gone. You can summarize it as that it has become minus somewhere and he has compensated other people with other people's money. It has become like a vicious circle, says Nathalie Müntzing.
