Administrative official convicted of defrauding Parliament of 160,000 kronor
A senior official at the Riksdag administration has been convicted of directing insurance payments to himself. He claimed it was a mistake.
Administrative official convicted of defrauding Parliament of 160,000 kronor
A senior official at the Riksdag administration has been convicted of embezzling nearly 160,000 kronor. The crime was discovered when a colleague reviewed upcoming transactions and noticed that money was missing.
It emerged that ten transfers, totalling 160,084 kronor, had been sent to the official's private account eight months earlier. The man had moreover confirmed that upcoming compensation totalling a further 175,388 kronor was to be paid to him, according to Mitt i.
The investigation showed that he had been tasked with reviewing payments from an insurance company via the company's website, but instead he provided his own bank details. When the fraud was exposed, he resigned from his position and repaid the sum.
During questioning, he admitted that the money had landed in his account, but claimed it was an error and that he had no intent to commit a crime. He argued that he had been angry with his boss and that he had not been thinking clearly.
Stockholm District Court rejected the argument. The court noted that he had needed to amend and approve several individual transfers, which according to the judgment hardly allowed any other conclusion than that he had acted deliberately.
Prosecutor Jens Nilsson considers the sentence – a suspended sentence – to be reasonable since the offences were not deemed sufficiently serious and the man has no previous criminal record.
Source: Google News SE — Crime (sv)